TD napisal(a): [Charset Windows-1252 unsupported, skipping...] > -Control two Windows peer-to-peer personal pc's performing basic file > sharing and printer functions with one monitor, keyboard and mouse. > -achieve this objective without the need for yet-another-piece of interface > hardware with boxes, wires, blinking/flashing lights, giant a/c adapters and > so on, ie., without the need for a KVM switch. > Is the VNC software appropriate for this task? Thanks for any feedback.
VNC allows you to control one PC from the other, so basically you can achieve your goal with it, but from my personal experience, in your case a KVM switch would be really a better solution. There are small, cheap KVMs for 2 PCs that are integrated right into the cable - you don't have any big box nor giant AC adapter - you simply have a small box (cigarette-box size) with two cables going to two PCs - look for example at this: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1184276 or this: http://www.superwarehouse.com/2_-_Port_USB_PS2_KVM_Switch_with_built_in_cable/HKS112U/p/347989 (these are just first few items found via a Google search). The main advantage of a KVM is that it requires absolutely no software installation and once connected, you can forget about it - there's no possibility that something gets misconfigured and suddenly stops working, there's no need for upgrades etc. It simply works. You have also no problem when there's a need to reboot any of the computers (for example, installing any software that requires a reboot to finish installation) - the computer is always accessible. With VNC, the computer is inaccessible until VNC starts up. This means - among others - that: - the computer that is to be controlled via VNC must not have any BIOS password set; - the computer must have the BIOS configured so that it can boot without a keyboard (the standard configuration of the BIOS refuses to boot if there's no keyboard); - programs that run automatically at the system startup must not require any user interaction (ask any questions, etc.) until VNC starts up. - if the system (or VNC server software) hangs up, there's no way to regain control of the computer other than pressing a reset button (which isn't, of course, a "clean" way to do it). For me, this is enough to prefer a KVM solution. Regards, Jaroslaw Rafa [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Spam, wirusy, spyware... masz do6f? Jest alternatywa! http://www.firefox.pl/ --- http://www.thunderbird.pl/ Szybciej. #atwiej. Bezpieczniej. Internet tak jak lubisz. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
