I have to chime in and say I love the LogMeIn remote access. Only in a bind though. Great for when you are away from your desk, traveling, vaca, etc. Many times, I don’t even bring my laptop on business or vaca trips anymore. I have all my employees on LogMeIn, so if they need some hands on help, I can just remote into their machine. Same with my workstation – I can then access any server consoles/mmc’s from there.
You said something about 4G… I live in a 4G area, and I almost always leave my phone on 3G. (Sprint’s 3G is pretty fast still…) Even LogMeIn works fine on 3G. As for security, treat them all as very insecure. Depends on the week, but all platforms have big security issues at times. Sam From: Bob Hartung [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 11:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone / data plan / consultants I've got a Motorola Droid Razr and I've played around with VNC for remoting into PCs and with the screen resolutions most people run, it's a pretty tedious experience. However, there is an external keyboard/monitor unit for the Razr which is about the size of a 13" laptop but much lighter. They were selling it for about $200. I guess it really depends on how much remoting you do and whether the Razr would do everything you'd need. Cheaper than a laptop and no additional data costs. ---------------------- Bob Hartung Dir of I.T. Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com _____ From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:27:44 -0600 Subject: Phone / data plan / consultants So….my old LG NV phone (read: not smartphone). As a SMB consultant I have been slow to adopt a smartphone/tablet as I have few enough clients that it’s been a non-issue. With my phone now acting up (I’ve had it over two years and am eligible for a discounted upgrade from Verizon) it’s time for a re-evaluation. I use LogMeIn as my remote access solution, and it would be handy to have access to it whenever I have cell service. The question is, any reason NOT to get 4G for the simple convenience of a mobile hotspot? Is the Android OS enough of a security concern to justify going with the evil empire Apple iOS? Anyone else recently go through this? David Lum Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
