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Post by jmeeks51 on Oct 12, 2013 5:07:07 GMT
I guess this question is more involved than the subject line reads but here it goes........ i am going back to Nashville for the winter but i really don't want to haul my computer down to Nashville to my mother's she has DSL which if anyone knows me very well i hate DSL. Anyway, i have been using teamviewer every time i have went down to access my desktop up here in Kansas City. Although, it has worked well but i guess my question is if i setup a VPN from my desktop to my laptop would i get better results connection wise?
John
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Post by warlock on Oct 12, 2013 10:12:19 GMT
Hi John, nice to hear from you again. I think more info might be helpful here. You said teamviewer has worked well so, what better connection are you looking for? Are you going to use teamviewers vpn, or an alternative. Either way, I think a vpn is going to slow you down if speed is an issue. Post back what better connection results you would like to see.
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Post by Lighthouse on Oct 12, 2013 16:20:27 GMT
Also John, If your desktop at home suffers a power outage, will it auto reboot itself ?
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Post by irvsp on Oct 12, 2013 17:39:16 GMT
John, TV has COMMAND LINE ways of restarting if you put it in a STARTUP folder or build a BAT file and put that there actually, as long as the PC is set to restart on power loss. Check the WEB HELP for more details. Only on a power loss you could have other problems? Normally you'd start TV on your home computer, get its UID and P/W. Then from your mothers house start TV and do a REMOTE CONNECT with the UID and P/W you have. Now as I recall, the UID is constant. The P/W is NOT! A power up will reset that and issue a new one. Another one I've heard of being used, but I never had is a HAMACHI product, check HERE. Not free though. VPN still needs you to have access rights. Not sure what VPN product you are thinking about? HERE is a comprehensive list of desktop remote control s/w, although the dates don't appear to be the latest? HERE is a 4 year old list of the top 5 best remote control s/w, not sure of its present day value though? |
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Post by jmeeks51 on Oct 12, 2013 23:10:21 GMT
Hi John, nice to hear from you again. I think more info might be helpful here. You said teamviewer has worked well so, what better connection are you looking for? Are you going to use teamviewers vpn, or an alternative. Either way, I think a vpn is going to slow you down if speed is an issue. Post back what better connection results you would like to see. |
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Post by jmeeks51 on Oct 12, 2013 23:22:33 GMT
Hi Joe,
well, like i said my mom has DSL i understand there will be lapsed time between her and my system at home i didn't know if a VPN would help access speeds better than TV or not. her DSL is 6 megs down with mine i get 50 down and 5 up but i have cable so, i understand that part of it. The part i don't understand isn't a VPN a direct line to both computers using ip routing routines?
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Post by jmeeks51 on Oct 12, 2013 23:31:37 GMT
John, TV has COMMAND LINE ways of restarting if you put it in a STARTUP folder or build a BAT file and put that there actually, as long as the PC is set to restart on power loss. Check the WEB HELP for more details. Only on a power loss you could have other problems? Normally you'd start TV on your home computer, get its UID and P/W. Then from your mothers house start TV and do a REMOTE CONNECT with the UID and P/W you have. Now as I recall, the UID is constant. The P/W is NOT! A power up will reset that and issue a new one. Another one I've heard of being used, but I never had is a HAMACHI product, check HERE. Not free though. VPN still needs you to have access rights. Not sure what VPN product you are thinking about? HERE is a comprehensive list of desktop remote control s/w, although the dates don't appear to be the latest? HERE is a 4 year old list of the top 5 best remote control s/w, not sure of its present day value though? thank you Irv.. |
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Post by warlock on Oct 12, 2013 23:46:38 GMT
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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Oct 13, 2013 14:49:19 GMT
John, here are 2 VPN options to look at. www.uvnc.com/www.tightvnc.com/I have used both in the past for client installs and personally. Not sure whether a speed difference is noted or is better than Teamviewer in my experience but TM does give a very good 'view' especially when searching and the lag is pretty low. At home I use Teamviewer almost as the default unless a client has a different PC access system. VPN connections are much more difficult to setup and/or maintain so this might take the delight of easy and quick connections. Also note, thanks Joeand Irv for pointing this bit out; TeamViewer has a built-in VPN tool that lets you create a VPN tunnel between the two connected machines. Once these two machines are connected via the VPN feature, you'll have access to the client's network and networked hardware. This can be handy when you're trying to troubleshoot connections to printers or other hardware a client might be having problems with. This also allows for the easy sharing of files. To make use of the VPN feature, first make the connection to the client and then click Extras | VPN | Start. Once the VPN is no longer needed, click Extras | VPN | Stop.Hope this helps..... |
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Post by irvsp on Oct 16, 2013 1:01:35 GMT
Soluto seems to have a 'new' product that might also work? Check HERE.I can't clearly tell what it does or how though? I've used it in the past and it was OK, but I've stopped using it. |
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