VNC, PC Anywhere, or Remote Administrator??

[touser]

Hi all, I was wondering which of these three programs would be best for remote administering a server of mine that I have in my office from my home pc. The server in the office is on a basic business DSL line (384up, 1.5 down) and a cable connection at home. I was wondering which one of those programs, or any other program would give me the best performance?? Thanks in advance!

[engjohn]

what kind of server is it???
win2k server?
win2k pro acting as server?
Linux?
Mac?



???

if it is a win2k server, use terminal services, just install it on the server (its free, on the cd) and install the client on your machine at home. If you have a public IP on the machine you can connect directly, if not you need to have some port redirection on you firewall or a VPN.

If it is 2kpro, tightVNC, pcAnywhere

Linux? SSH all the way...

Mac? you should sell it and get a Linux box! :eek:

[touser]

Thank you for the reply engjohn! I am sorry, i should have included the OS in my post! it is windows 2000 advanced server. So i should go with terminal services?

[AMD'er]

I would use the terminal service or PCANYWHERE in which you can all some extra encryption to.

But for the best all around you could go with VPN which will allow you to connect to your server from any computer with web access.

GoToMyPC (https://www.gotomypc.com/) this is one I tried before when I was lead tech in the computer lab for the college I graudated from. If I'm correct they still give you a 30 day trial period.

[chuckerants]

I've only used PCAnywhere to connect to all my off-site PCs. Works fine for me.

I even have it installed on friends' PC so I don't have to drive to their house to fix problems. :)

[Wedo]

Do you have a hardware firewall? We have a SonicPro that has VPN built in so that would be my option.

If you don't have a VPN set up already in house, go with PC Anywhere or Terminal Services Client.

Just make sure you turn off what ever you use when you don't need to admin remotely. No need to leave a door cracked open for malicious users to peek through.

Wedo

[engjohn]

On another note, Term Svcs. is faster than pcAnywhere, pcA will repaint the entire screen everytime something changes(sending a lot of data). Term Svcs. will only repaint the section of the screen that has changed (cutting down on data transmission, and increasing speed)....

[RangerJoe]

i use pcanywhere for my server, and it works great, lets me do whatever i need to do

[su root]

I use VNC because of it's availability... you can access it from any computer (*that can run java, and has an network connection)...
VNC does selective updates (it'll update the window your working in if something changes).

Terminal Services would be my choice for your situation, if need be, you can set up a TSWeb share.

[SkyHook]

Just so all your choices are addressed, I use Remote Administrator, and have had no problems or complaints with it. I found it especially easy to setup and connect to, and it is extremely fast. I personally found that I don't run it in full screen mode because it is so responsive that I forget which machine I'm working on.

What works best in your particular situation is a personal choice, I simply am reporting that Remote Administrator does really work as it's advertised.

SkyHook

[TheCrow]

Originally posted by engjohn
On another note, Term Svcs. is faster than pcAnywhere, pcA will repaint the entire screen everytime something changes(sending a lot of data). Term Svcs. will only repaint the section of the screen that has changed (cutting down on data transmission, and increasing speed)....


I have to agree with you engjohn.
Term svc is faster than PcAnywhere and even faster than VNC!
Term svc and PcAnywhere also provide data encryption. I´m not sure that VNC uses encryption.


As for Remote Admin i don´t know cause i haven´t use it before!

[su root]

Originally posted by TheCrow
and even faster than VNC!

Anything's faster than VNC :D Walking back & forth with the packets on floppies is sometimes faster than VNC ;)

VNC is the quick & dirty way to set up a quick remote desktop.