Greg Twyford wrote:
David Guest wrote:
Chris Tansell wrote:
Hi all,
I am looking for an alternative Terminal Services client. I don’t
want to
suggest any particular technology or any design concepts here, as
this might
prejudice the answer. As a block diagram, I’d draw it as a router
that can handle a VPN-endpoint,
with a screen, keyboard and mouse “plugged into it”, and some
non-volatile
way to store info on its target. Doesn’t matter if it needs a PC (or
whatever) to configure it.
No PC, no virus’s, nothing to hack, nothing to rebuild, take it off the
shelf, enter a few parameters, plug it in and off it goes. Users can’t
fiddle with it, their kids aren’t interested in it and it’s not worth
stealing.
Does something like this exist? What answers are out there?
We're picking up Netvistas off ebay for about $60.
David
David,
Are you using them on the practice LAN or from a remote location? If
the latter how do the TS/VPN? VPN router, some installable remote
control/VPN/thin client software?
In our configuration at the surgery we just put a network boot CD in the
CD-ROM player and then they require no further configuration (at least
on the machine).
Chris sounds like he wants a remote network device that "just works".
You are going to need something to persist your authentication in that
case. If it were me I'd load Xubuntu and use remote passwordless SSH
authentication as we have discussed previously. The Netvistas have a
hard drive but you might be able to do it off a custom built CD or a USB
key.
Something like a knoppix CD with the home directory on the USB key would
be another option. I think Tim used to do a bit of this.
David
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