Trevor:
Wow, great questions. Let me dive in and answer/dodge them
inline:
> I'd like to say that I think Kaboodle is great. I'm a sysadmin for a
> large organisation and would like to link my work pc with my home
> network so I can do admin work from home, or easily send files home to
> work on when I've nothing better to do :-)
Except for the size of your network...I'd say you're a bit
more advanced than our target user. But I can work with that. :)
> I find the graphical display very good, but would like the icons
> smaller - even my home network (3 pc's and an ADSL modem/router) require
> me to scroll the screen. My work network - well, we have over 1000
> pc's.... need I say more :-(
We've had a request to put a "GUI switch" into a menu, and
based on the user choice it will either show like it does now, or
present like a Windows-ish file-explorer. So it's on my list, but
not above getting the VPN capability more stable.
> From the point of usability in a large organisation, could I make a few
> suggestions? Firstly, you actively scan for other computers with the
> 255.255.255.0 subnet, but that is not the subnet I use either at home or
> at work. Why not actively scan the actual subnet mask obtained from the
> network properties?
Well, that was harder. :) Yes, right now it presumes exactly one,
fixed-size, /24 subnet, which is hardly accurate for everyone. We're
working now on adding a "subnet tracker" which will keep track of how
many /24's it has detected and continuously monitors. Going *smaller* than
/24 probably isn't needed, as we use a "flash ping" technique to scan the
/24 subnet that hardly takes any time at all.
> Secondly, Kaboodle frequently locks up for several seconds - I am
> hoping that is a symptom of WinPcap showing as "inactive" (see separate
> email).
I think I know that bug...I think one of the developers snuck
in a call to a traditional ping rather than our custom "flash ping", so
when Kaboodle discovers a new device, it starts a several-second process
of ping'ing everything. This has to go, and it will soon.
> 3rd: is there any way to specify how I would like computers sorted - ie
> by name, ip, etc? With 200 pc's on my 255.255.255.0 subnet at work, it's
> difficult to find the pc I want. Some sort or search functions would be
> excellent. I am only responsible for some 30 pc's - so I can create my
> own group & move those pc's into it once I've found them.
A search-function is a really good idea. Right now, as you can
tell, the only way we sort things is based on "detected OS". Let me think
on some ways to make that better...
> 4th: It looks like my original idea of linking to my home network will
> fail because our network admin has blocked all but port 80 on our
> firewall. Is there any way around that "little problem"?
Yes. In 0.99b (coming soon!) Kaboodle uses only one TCP port
for a VPN, not two. And you can tell it to use whatever port you want
(it defaults to the Zebedee default 11965).
Also, we're working on a version now that won't require *either*
side of the VPN connection to adjust their firewall/router settings at
all. Pretty cool. That's what I'm holding out to be "version 1.0";
should be ready in November.
> 5th: Kaboodle has to be started manually after login - is there any way
> to set it up as a service so it starts automatically on startup - that
> way I can connect to a pc that's not logged in - or can log out a user
> so I can log in as an administrator.
I took out Kaboodle's "service option" as VNC already had a
service option, and the two seemed redundant. I'll burn some braincells
on this one too...
> There are other "managers" for vnc, but Kaboodle's extra functionality
> (vpn, etc) puts them out of the race! Thanks for a wonderful (and free)
> product.
Glad you like it! I hope to make it even more suitable for your
needs.
cheers,
Scott
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