At 3:29 PM -0700 1/23/2011, Tina K. wrote:
To connect from outside your home network, you'll need to forward
port 5900 to your husband's Mac in the router configuration. I think
that's all it takes, someone please correct me if I've overlooked
something.
That's fine.
A minor, but perhaps
On Jan 23, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Tina K. wrote:
To connect from outside your home network, you'll need to forward port 5900
to your husband's Mac in the router configuration. I think that's all it
takes, someone please correct me if I've overlooked something.
And know your external IP
On 2011/01/24 08:33, Dan so eloquently wrote:
First, make sure you use a strong password. This vnc login is giving
someone on the outside FULL access to your computer, and thru it FULL
access to everything on your home LAN!
Next, DO NOT use the default inbound port 5900. That's a well-known
On 2011/01/21 08:05, Jane, (Portland, OR) so eloquently wrote:
On Jan 20, 1:34 pm, Tina K.penguir...@gmail.com wrote:
On 2011/01/20 19:04, Jane, (Portland, OR) so eloquently wrote:
I have heard of LogMeIn, but it looks like you have to pay for it. I
don't know how well it works, either. Can
On 2011/01/21 20:02, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote:
On Jan 21, 2011, at 5:59 PM, Tina K. wrote:
On 2011/01/21 09:50, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote:
On the 'inside the house' side of the network you have a private,
non-routing IP address range, your own LAN. Typically they're either
On Jan 21, 11:50 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu
wrote:
On Jan 20, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote:
Both new macs will let you use Screen Sharing to connect to his computer;
he'll have to install a vnc server VINE server is free and easy.
Bruce,
Are you talking
On Jan 20, 9:15 pm, Robert MacLeay rmacl...@gmail.com wrote:
Can he follow instructions? If so...
Skype is free, and its screen-sharing function will let you see his
screen on your own computer (it works cross-platform!) while you hold
a conversation with him. You won't actually control his
On Jan 20, 1:34 pm, Tina K. penguir...@gmail.com wrote:
On 2011/01/20 19:04, Jane, (Portland, OR) so eloquently wrote:
I have heard of LogMeIn, but it looks like you have to pay for it. I
don't know how well it works, either. Can any of you recommend a
program and how easy it would be to
Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote:
On Jan 20, 1:34 pm, Tina K.penguir...@gmail.com wrote:
On 2011/01/20 19:04, Jane, (Portland, OR) so eloquently wrote:
I have heard of LogMeIn, but it looks like you have to pay for it. I
don't know how well it works, either. Can any of you recommend a
Jane,
I would give LogMeIn a try. The lite version IS free, and it seems to
do all you need --slapping your hubbie's hand every time he does the
triple click dance will have to be postponed till you are home… :-)
I checked on TeamViewer, out of curiosity, and couldn't find a free
option at all.
On Jan 20, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote:
My husband uses a G4 PowerBook running 10.4.11. I have a new iMac
(10.6.6) and a MacBook Pro (10.5.x). He is NOT computer literate and
needs help from time to time. Some of those times, I am not at home to
take care of the problems. I
On 2011/01/21 08:00, Jane, (Portland, OR) so eloquently wrote:
Robert, my husband is of the opinion that 2-3 clicks is better than
only 1!G So I need to control the keyboard and do the fixing.
In that case he would probably love XP.
Tina
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iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX 5200
On 2011/01/21 09:50, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote:
Both new macs will let you use Screen Sharing to connect to his
computer; he'll have to install a vnc server VINE server is free and
easy.
Tiger has a built in VNC server.
I just tried to remote access my Tiger iMac from my SL MP and I'm
http://www.teamviewer.com/download/index.aspx
Commercial users are welcome to use these downloads for trial
purposes. TeamViewer is free for all non-commercial users!
I have been on this group a few months and saw this thread. By
coincidence, I need to hook up with my sister whom I sent a PC
On Jan 21, 6:34 am, Tina K. penguir...@gmail.com wrote:
I just tried to remote access my Tiger iMac from my SL MP and I'm
getting the same problem with my name password not being accepted. I
don't remember running into this problem before but I'll let you know
if
I get it to work.
Tina,
Check
You know, the internal VNC function has a different password (assigned
through a different pref) than the desktop password?
It's accessed thru Sharingremote management computer setting
I am on Leopard, so may be slightly different for you.
On Jan 21, 2:42 pm, Ashgrove salum...@gmail.com wrote:
On 2011/01/21 09:50, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote:
On the 'inside the house' side of the network you have a private,
non-routing IP address range, your own LAN. Typically they're either
192.168.n.n or 10.n.n.n I've seen both in use by various brands of
wired and wireless routers.
You
On 2011/01/21 12:42, Ashgrove so eloquently wrote:
Check if the Tiger machine has sharing enabled: that's usually the
only bump in the road when it comes to Screen Sharing, and it's often
overlooked because, well, it's such a basic one.
It has Personal File Sharing, Personal Web Sharing (which
On 2011/01/21 19:49, Jane, (Portland, OR) so eloquently wrote:
I just noticed that in System PreferencesSharing, it also
lists remote Remote Log in. Should that be enabled, too?
Remote Login is for logging in via ssh through Terminal. It *shouldn't*
need to be enabled, but then Web Sharing
On Jan 21, 2011, at 5:59 PM, Tina K. wrote:
On 2011/01/21 09:50, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote:
On the 'inside the house' side of the network you have a private,
non-routing IP address range, your own LAN. Typically they're either
192.168.n.n or 10.n.n.n I've seen both in use by various
Hi,
I use TeamViewer for things like this. Its quick and easy and you can use it
for more than just fixing computers (it has a presentation mode). Best of all
its free for personal use.
Albert
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From: Jane, (Portland, OR)
Logmein has a free version that should work fine.
Diane
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On 2011/01/20 19:04, Jane, (Portland, OR) so eloquently wrote:
I have heard of LogMeIn, but it looks like you have to pay for it. I
don't know how well it works, either. Can any of you recommend a
program and how easy it would be to use?
What about Screen Sharing in Core Services? That's what
Can he follow instructions? If so...
Skype is free, and its screen-sharing function will let you see his
screen on your own computer (it works cross-platform!) while you hold
a conversation with him. You won't actually control his computer, but
you can see what he's looking at, and he can see you
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