You have made some very good points about NetMeeting, but I guess it is
really down to what you are using the remote software for?!
I am only using remote software to operate various PCs that are in remote
places. I'm not interested at all in audio, video, chat etc.
All though the above are also useful functions and I have occasionally used
these functions when working from home in the evening. I have shared audio
files, two player games etc. with mates across the net.
It is all really down to exactly what you are wanting to do with your remote
software.
Hope that explains my thoughts......
Nathanael McLaren
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Maks [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 3:38 PM
> To: McLaren, Nathanael
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: a Question
>
> Nathanael, could you elaborate on the superior functionality of VNC versus
> Netmeeting, I am running VNC 3.3.3 and the core ability
> I have is remote desktop access, Netmeeting supports the following, Audio,
> Video, File Transfers, Chat, White Boarding, Application Collaboration and
> Desktop sharing, again, it is not my intension here to reveal the short
> comings of one product versus another, but I do
> give fare and accurate evaluations and to short sell a product just
> because
> it has the Microsoft stamp on it would not be the best way to
> evaluate software, Uncle Bill does get some things right.
>
>
> I use VNC to access my remote server in America.
>
> I have tried several packages of remote software and have found that the
> most stable of them all is VNC (and now VNC Java version).
>
> I do use NetMeeting but only as a backup, as it uses a slower connection.
>
> When using VNC (from either Modem or ISDN) I get a steady connection and
> notice very little difference in speed between the two. VNC maintains a
> capable working speed when working across a modem connection.
>
> I have found that the settings within NetMeeting are too sensitive and
> precise! If you don't get every setting quite right you spend more time
> setting the configuration than remote controlling which is ultimately what
> you are trying to do!!
>
> NetMeeting is OK for home use (helping mates out etc.!), but I would never
> recommend it for professional use.
>
> VNC is advancing so fast with new add-ons and patches, that it is worth
> while using as its capabilities are stretching way further then NetMeeting
> ever will. This is simply because NetMeeting was only designed for
> chatting
> and was then advanced with version 3.01 (4.4.3396) to use remote sharing.
>
> Well those are my thoughts anyway.
> Nathanael McLaren
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glenn Maks [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 2:23 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: a Question
> >
> > Peter, It is nice to have product comparison discussions about any
> > software
> > product in general, I would like to make clear my part on this
> > topic, first, it was never my intension to undermine in any way VNC, and
> > certainly not to pit one product against another, there are
> > configurations were VNC is superior to Microsoft Netmeeting, case in
> > point,
> > I was looking for a solution to allow remote administration for
> > my Raptor Firewall, in earlier releases of raptor when it was still
> owned
> > by
> > Axent before they were purchased by Symantec, remote administration
> > required
> > the additional cost of licensing a remote hawk program. I attempted to
> use
> > Microsoft Netmeeting in place of remote
> > hawk, being that Netmeeting is integrated into the Windows platform and
> > compounded with Raptor's functionality of prohibiting all non
> > essential Windows services from running for obvious reasons I won't get
> > into
> > to, Netmeeting simply would not work, so I discovered VNC
> > some time ago and invented my own source of remote administration on my
> > firewall without being held hostage by some licensing agreement, and the
> > flip side of this regarding Netmeeting having many positive aspects can
> > also
> > be listed, too many for this email. In summary, Microsoft Netmeeting can
> > be
> > configured to be used with an LDAP server for purposes for conducting
> > on-line conferencing, or
> > it can be used as an application to application connection directly,
> much
> > like PCAnywhere, in fact, Netmeeting is a separate installable
> > application not dependent on Internet Explorer, you can find this under
> > control panel, add remove programs under the communications
> > section of Windows. Netmeeting has it's own link libraries independent
> > from
> > Internet Explorer, actually, there have been web based
> > companies that sell exactly what Netmeeting does, example of this would
> be
> > http://www.webex.com they rewrote the core functionality
> > of Netmeeting to come up with a web based on-line application
> > collaboration
> > service, anyway, I will stop rambling, I just wanted to answer
> > some possible questions people might have had about Netmeeting and VNC.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Glenn
> >
> >
> >
> > Can we get some other folks views on the comparison of NetMeeting and
> VNC?
> > Any real world experiences to compare and contrast them?
> >
> > If I am not mistaken, NetMeeting is part of Internet Explorer, not of
> > Windows xx per se.
> > Is NetMeeting part of the Mac IE configuration? If so, what
> cross-platform
> > (Mac controlling a PC; PC controlling a Mac) issues are there?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glenn Maks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 2:00 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: a Question
> >
> >
> > Windows by default comes with Microsoft Netmeeting, Netmeeting has the
> > ability to be configured for secure access and desktop sharing,
> > enabling desktop sharing will give you what you are looking for, make
> sure
> > you check off the ( enable ) secure incoming calls, this way
> > Netmeeting will prompt you for a local login ID for the computer you
> wish
> > to
> > connect to. I have played with both, Netmeeting and
> > VNC, VNC is a nice product, but Netmeeting is much more stable and
> faster.
> > It is worth your while to at least consider Netmeeting, being
> > that it is a bundled application inside of Windows.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Payman N [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 12:31 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: a Question
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I have an interal network including my laptop and PC both running
> > Windows2000.
> > I would like to be able to have remote access to my PC from my Laptop.
> > (they
> > are connected to each other throu a hub using NETBUIE). How can I do
> that?
> > Shall I use IP? How?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Payman
> >
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