Good to know. If I am ever in a situation where I am supporting hundreds of friends and family rel....... no no... never mind...
Steven On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Peter van Houten<[email protected]> wrote: > Disable NETBIOS on the Hamachi adaptor. Never had any problems with > hundreds of remotes using Hamachi as the VPN and UltraVNC/Remote Desktop. > > -- > Peter van Houten > > On the 15/08/2009 00:32, Steven Peck wrote the following: >> >> I found Hamachi when I used to use it had issues over time. Because >> it adds a virtual NIC interface on each system it just resulted in >> weird things. I used the earlier versions for LAN gaming over the >> Internet and being able to remote to friends and families systems. >> But it wasn't worth the hassle of remembering all the passcodes in the >> end. >> >> Steven >> >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 14 Aug 2009 at 15:07, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> I'm interested in what the list recommends as a remote control program >>>> to >>>> use, to provide support in a home environment (i.e., if I want to >>>> connect >>>> to my friend's PC, and see exactly what's going, and so that she can >>>> watch, observe,learn .. and then totally forget, until the next time she >>>> calls me to connect in and fix it ...) >>> >>> For home use, I would look into UltraVNC SingleClick, which is totally >>> free. >>> It's what I use to support my home-user clients. You just need to tweak >>> *_your_* firewall to forward one port -- no config changes at the remote >>> end. >>> Works like a champ as long as their AV doesn't block VNC (some AV >>> packages have >>> to be told that VNC is OK). >>> >>> Single Click - UltraVNC >>> http://www.uvnc.com/addons/singleclick.html >>> >>>> LogMeIn Free? the old standby, pcAnywhere? (do they even still make >>>> that?) >>>> Something else? >>> >>> Disadvantage of LogMeIn Free and GoToAssist Free is the total lack of >>> file >>> transfer capabilities, which may or may not affect you. You have to >>> figure >>> some other way of getting files to the troubled system (not a big deal, >>> use >>> YouSendIt.com and the like). Also, you log in to the remote system from >>> a page >>> on the LogMeIn or GoToAssist servers, so they could sniff the remote >>> desktop's >>> login and password info. >>> >>> LogMeIn Hamachi might be something worth looking into, free only for home >>> use: >>> >>> LogMeIn Hamachi - Licensing >>> https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/licensing.asp >>> "If you are using Hamachi for your own, non-commercial use, it's 100% >>> free." >>> >>> ------- Included Stuff Follows ------- >>> LogMeIn - How Hamachi Works >>> >>> Hamachi is a UDP-based virtual private networking system. Its peers >>> are >>> helped by a third node called a mediation server to locate each other >>> and >>> to bootstrap the connection between them. The connection itself is >>> direct >>> and, once established, no traffic flows through our servers. >>> >>> Hamachi is not just truly peer-to-peer; it is verifiably secure >>> peer-to- >>> peer. >>> >>> Hamachi is able to successfully mediate p2p connections in roughly 95% >>> of >>> all cases. This includes peers residing behind various firewalls or >>> broadband routers (aka NAT devices). >>> >>> --------- Included Stuff Ends --------- >>> More here with links: >>> https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/howitworks.asp >>> >>> Once you have a Hamachi link up and running, you use some flavour of VNC >>> to do >>> remote control. >>> >>> I used to use Hamachi before they got bought by LogMeIn and changed their >>> licensing from "free for everyone" to "free for non-commercial use". >>> >>> Be warned there appears to be something flaky with their security >>> certificate >>> right now: >>> >>> ------- Included Stuff Follows ------- >>>> >>>> wget https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/Hamachi_ >>> >>> Getting_Started_Guide.pdf >>> --14:51:01-- >>> https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/Hamachi_Getting_Starte >>> d_Guide.pdf >>> => `Hamachi_Getting_Started_Guide.pdf' >>> Resolving secure.logmein.com... 74.201.74.193 >>> Connecting to secure.logmein.com|74.201.74.193|:443... connected. >>> ERROR: Certificate verification error for secure.logmein.com: unable to >>> get >>> local issuer certificate >>> To connect to secure.logmein.com insecurely, use >>> `--no-check-certificate'. >>> Unable to establish SSL connection. >>> >>> --------- Included Stuff Ends --------- >>> >>> Last but not least, here's something for the truly geeky: >>> >>> Remote Desktop and SSH for the home user >>> http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/RemoteDesktopSSH.html >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Angus Scott-Fleming >>> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona >>> 1-520-290-5038 >>> +-----------------------------------+ > > e > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
