I just tried this. You open a port in your firewall and then you have a URL to the machine you installed the app on. Not as friendly as LogMeIn, everything is configured on each target system (which can actually be good or bad). To access from over the Internet you need to know the public IP.
LogMeIn has you connecting your machine to a central site, NCH has you connect direct from wherever to your machine. -Dave Lum From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Reimer, Mark Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 3:08 PM To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] LogMeIn Free ... now isn't (free, anymore). Recommendations? I've found this: http://www.nchsoftware.com/remotedesktop/ I haven't installed it, nor have I ever worked with it, but looks promising for what I need. Mark From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of James Rankin Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 7:06 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] LogMeIn Free ... now isn't (free, anymore). Recommendations? join.me<http://join.me> always works for connecting to family and friends As for my own PC, I usually use GoToMyPC, but there are probably better/cheaper options On 21 January 2014 14:03, Michael Leone <oozerd...@gmail.com<mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com>> wrote: Got this notice today: As of January 21, 2014, LogMeIn Free will no longer be available. Came as news to me, I hadn't heard ahead of time that they were going to discontinue this service. Anyone have a recommendation for another free service? I have 4 or 5 machines I regularly use this with (2 of mine, and others are family members), and before I sign up for some bulk account, I'd like to hear about options. I'm looking for remote control mostly, don't really need file transfer. What do you all recommend? Years back I used VNC, but that is not nearly as fast (not even the various permutations like TightVNC or UltraCNC, etc). -- James Rankin --------------------- RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk
