Just a thought: As a "fast and dirty" approach, have you considered just using a remote control program to grant remote access to a common desktop?.
Programs like the frame buffer "VNC" and it's siblings, TightVNC (better compression), ultraVNC (uses Windows A/D authentication) are free and easy to use and work well over any IP connection of reasonable bandwidth. Connection is password protected. Pros are: 1) free (to acquire and to use). 2) cross-platform: Win, Linux and Mac viewers and servers freely available. 3) Multiple interactive connections to the same desktop (=server) are possible, unlike windows Remote Desktop (RDP). 4) can grant "full" and "view only" access simultaneously. 5) modest bandwidth: should be useable on anything from about 128 - 200kbit/s up. Hope this is useful. David =========================================== David Marsh Chief Technician & System Administrator H.R. MacMillan Space Centre 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9 E sysadmin at hrmacmillanspacecentre.com T (604) 738 7827 ext. 229 C (604) 813 9667 F (604) 736 5665 =========================================== For your next special event or meeting, consider the unique atmosphere of the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre. For more information go to www.spacecentre.ca or call (604) 738-7827 (ext 233) P Please consider the environment before printing e-mails -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of martyn.farrows.lexara.com Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:54 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] shared whiteboard/computer screen solutions Ari - we used GoToMeeting quite successfully in the past - i am not sure what the current pricing policy is. Martyn On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:47:11 -0400, "Ari Davidow" <aridavidow at gmail.com> wrote: > We have been using a service first provided as Macromedia Breeze, then > Adobe > Breeze, and now Acrobat Connect to share computer screens/white boards on > teleconferences. > > That service is expensive, and at the moment seems broken. Is there > something else out there that folks have been using and really like? > > Thanks, > ari > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
