Rebooting a remote computer

[platypus]

Just wondering if anyone knows of a good program or useful little tool that I could use to remotely connect to/reboot a computer that could theoretically be anywhere with a 3G connection. I do not have the option of opening any ports and so I can't use something like VNC. I did think of LogMeIn Free, but that doesn't have file transfer.

 

[tolien]

If you can be bothered, you could install the Cygwin SSHd, SSH in and run the Windows shutdown command.

 

[platypus]

You don't need open port(s) for that?

 

[tolien]

You'd need to forward port 22. if you can't forward a port you're pretty much stuck though...

 

[blastman]

login me in will work.

get on the machine and then from the run box, 'shutdown -r'

hope it helps

 

[Andre]

Look at EchoServer - uses it's own server and a custom version of VNC (or your own, with theirs doing the piping)

Connects to an "echoserver" via outgoing connections, so no need to open any ports, and for what you need the demo server (5-10mins before disconnecting each time) should be more than sufficient