At 02:49 PM 2/23/2009 +0000, NickC wrote: >Thanks for the info chaps. I didn't realise that VNC only allowed a one to >one connection I was under the impression that multiple VNC applications and ...
There are multiple "flavors" of VNC out there. I happen to use UltraVNC. I'm pretty sure you can have many sessions on 1 server. But I think the purpose of VNC is to give true "console" access. Not "fake" access as in Terminal Server et. al. So, when the server is sharing the console to multiple clients, I think they're all looking at the console. If I get a chance I'll try to check this out today. >My thoughts were related to whether an app could be reliably accessed from >anywhere with an internet connection, especially as there now appears to be >a dependable Windows VNC client (ActivX or Java?). If there are likely to >be firewall difficulties then perhaps this is not quite such a good >suggestion. VNC (it's various flavors) has indeed been much more reliable than any other remote access I've tried. But the standard free versions don't come with encrypting options (as I recall). I think some give an option to purchase an encryption plug-in. Without those there are the usual fears of intercepting VNC traffic. Firewalls, etc can cause problems if you have no input into what is allowed through or not. But I've previously set up my firewall to allow VNC traffic through (specifying port, etc) and it worked fine. But generally, only use it on my internal network and not remotely. One last thing that might be worth considering. Set up 1 computer as a Terminal Server "session" - put the VNC "Host" on all the other network computers (or the ones you think you'll need to get to their "console." You connect over the Internet using Terminal Services to that one box. On that box you have the VNC client installed. You invoke the VNC Viewer from there and control any of the other machines on the network. That'll give you the Inet encryption stuff while still getting the flexibility and speed of VNC. Just a thought. -Charlie _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
