Sharing desktop remotely using real VNC

[the.kaushik]

@kaushik : yes you can use it from any place on earth unless you know the IP address of the remote PC.. VNC is used by many Customer Support companies for trouble shooting client machines.

But that means the client should be in a static ip right?

 

[RCuber]

But that means the client should be in a static ip right?

Yes ... if no one is using the remote PC then you need Static IP.

And regarding dynamic IP .... Support guys in my ex-company get the IP address of client thro Phone calls or email or chat. so even if the IP address changed its possible to get the new IP and reconnect to the Remote PC.

 

[axxo]

Looks nice.. but does it have support for linux?

it supports virtually any operating system...bcoz it is web based all you need is a supported web browser.

 

[Batistabomb]

can we save the file on desktop of remote user to our system

 

[iMav]

just used this to setup 2 xp machines worked like a charm once i added vnc to the firewall exception list ... charan we want more of these bhai, make a comeback someday .... dada like comeback

 

[infra_red_dude]

Charan may not post on forums.. par uski aatma yehin Digit forums par bhatakti rehti hai!

 

[mkmkmk]

awesome tutorial.thanks

 

[MetalheadGautham]

wow this is great.
I thought desktop sharing wasn't possible without gnome, kde, xfce or aqua. But this changed my view.

 

[keves2002]

thanks...but i use only logmein..

+ 1

Thanx for sharing this, i was using lomein, now i added ur tut also to my del.ico.us page

 

[RCuber]

Thanks for the reply . ok long time I didnt reply to this thread. in the mean time I or should I say my new company is using logme in for our support work.

Different remote desktop application have different applications. Lets look into it.

1. Remote desktop (Remote Desktop Protocol - RDP ) built into the OS ( Windows ). this is by far the best and has the fastest response. I have shifted from VNC to RDP cause I found it was fastest in my network. to setup RDP all you have to do is enable remote desktop in your computer via system properties > remote . for better security you can select the users who can use remote desktop. remote desktop doesnot work if the user does not have a password set for his account.
AFAIK Remote desktop works only in XP pro , Vista Business and Vista Ultimate.

2. VNC - This comes into picture if you cannot enable RDP in your system. this tut is regarding VNC. This also works cross platform. downside which I faced was that it was not responsive enough over a WiFi network .

3. Internet Based Remote Desktop. This is what LogmeIn does. its internet based. you require to have a account with logmein. best for remote support , worst for local network. Other alternatives are Goto Meeting , WebEx, Symantec pcAnywhere.

 

[subratabera]

There's Xmanager too. But its not free.

 

[din]

WOW.

Charan, thanks a million. An excellent tut.

 

[Choto Cheeta]

^^

he he !!

Bro, how did u managed to miss this as it was posted back in December

 

[din]

LOL, I do not know ! I was checking another thread and came to this by your suggestion. Thanks a lot for that.

 

[RCuber]

BTW how many of you guys are actively using remote desktops? I switched from VNC to inbuilt remote desktop of XP cause VNC was/is giving me trouble using it over wifi ..

WOW.

Charan, thanks a million. An excellent tut.

Thanks for the compliment.

 

[Choto Cheeta]

BTW how many of you guys are actively using remote desktops? I switched from VNC to inbuilt remote desktop of XP cause VNC was/is giving me trouble using it over wifi

Well I have to use and a lot, in case of internal network I use combination of VNC as well as Windows XP RDC where as in case of extarnal access Loginme in works best for me

 

[Faun]

thanks for this awesome tutorial

 

[demoninside]

BTW u don't even need VNC to do desktop shearing b/w Linux and Windows ...

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Thanx yaar.........for the gr8 tutorial.