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Answer» I was hoping that someone could give me a good suggestion for an RDP program that I could load into my Windows PE tool disk I'm developing.
I was leaning towards realVNC but I haven't used it much before other than through labtec. I have a guinea pig computer hooked up to the repair bench I was going to try installing the VNC server on, but the problem is that i've got the bench hooked up to a different network than my shop PC (where I installed the VNC viewer on). I would have to open a port on the watchguard firebox and VNC would have to do a forward DNS LOOKUP on our company's server and I would have to open a port to listen for the VNC. I guess my question is: Does realVNC do forwards DNS lookups or is it restricted to an IP address?
Sounds like a pain. I would love to know if maybe there's a possibility of using LOGMEIN or something on my windows PE disk. Sorry for the rambling, but I'm writing my thoughts as I go.Have you used realVNC?
From the documentation: Quote Networking VNC software requires a TCP/IP connection between the server and the viewer. This is the standard networking protocol on LANs, WANs, broadband and dialup ISP. Each computer has a unique IP address and may also have a name in the DNS. You will need to know the IP address or name of the server when you connect a viewer to it.
Sometimes the IP address is fixed, and sometimes it is issued to you dynamically by your ISP. If it is allocated dynamically, you might consider using a third party DNS management service. Try typing "dynamic dns management service" into a google. From this one would learn that the program does use DNS where needed. Or am I not understanding this?The best solution for you seems like Teamviewer, I use it quite often and its really a cinch to connect to many different computers. You can get it here: www.Teamviewer.comI actually havent gotten around to trying it yet, I was just hoping someone would confirm that it does resolve DNS names so I can break outside of the LOCAL network. I will LET you know later.
Thanks powerhouse, I will try teamviewer. I'm just looking for something very lightweight.Quote from: Geek-9pm on November 23, 2010, 10:37:26 PMHave you used realVNC?
From the documentation:From this one would learn that the program does use DNS where needed. Or am I not understanding this?
I think what I'll do is create a virtual machine on my computer, assign it a static IP and create a rule in the firewall that will open a port for VNC. Then install the server in PE and the viewer in the virtual machine so I can connect. *crosses FINGERS*
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