Installed like a service on a same PC, I use both TightVNC and RealVNC (naturally setted-up on a different IP port number) and Hamachi network as a VPN backup.
Bye, Claudio. ================================================================ > Hello: > > I've been using VNC over SSH to access my Dad's computer for a number of > months now. The setup has proven quite reliable, but I'd like to have a > parallel remote access method in place in case the VNC/SSH link should > fail for some reason. (My Dad is elderly and could not assist with setup > of another service in that event.) > > I used PCNow originally to set up the VNC and retained the service as a > backup, but I've been having some problems with it (PCNow) recently > (merely testing the connection to ensure it's working). I'm also paying > a monthly fee for the service, which, given the poor performance, I'm > reluctant to continue doing. > > Can anyone suggest an alternate, secure, reliable remote connection > method? > > I'd need it to run (effectively) as a service on my Dad's Windows XP > machine, so that it's always available... I am on a Mac. I can't use > Windows RDC, as Dad's system is XP Home... and outdated at that. > > Though my Dad has broadband, I'm still on dialup, with few other options > at present. VNC works quite acceptably with dialup (slow, but > survivable), and I'd like to find something else that was usable over > dialup (PCNow is slow as death). > > Suggestions? > > Or am I simply being paranoid? It seems to me only once in some nine > months have I actually needed a backup service. Should I just drop PCNow > and hope for the best? Almost every other aspect of Dad's system and > setup is in sort of precarious balance anyway... given that we're several > hundred miles apart. > > Thanks for any/all replies... > > Peter B. > > ----- > > > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
