Remote access options

[rpstewart]

Looking for some thoughts / advice on options for remote access to a PC. It's been a while since I looked into this so there's probably a better way of doing it than I have at the moment.

First off this needs to be able to run from a Mac!

Current process I have is:

1) Logon to router over the internet (locked down user etc)
2) Wake on LAN the PC into life
3) Logon via SSH
4) Connect to VNC over SSH tunnel
5) Do stuff then put PC to sleep again

So 3 & 4 may be excessive but I didn't fancy exposing a free version of VNC (no ID, just a password to logon) to the internet.

This works fine but the SSH server I'm using has a tendency to crash and take the PC with it which means I'm stuffed until I can physically get to the machine to reboot it.

What I'm looking for is something which gives me VNC / Remote Desktop style access with a bit more reliability and decent levels of security...

Thoughts?

 

[bledd]

You can forward a random port to the WOL port (I think it's port 8 or 9 from memory), so you can wake on lan over the internet (even through your phone)., Ie, set it as port 54321 or something easy to remember.

Then use TeamViewer to connect, this initiates the connection outwards, so no need to port forward for this.


Other option is to VPN into the router (check your router has a safe implementation first), then remote desktop into the PC.

 

[KIA]

Please tell me you're connecting to the router using SSH, not naked HTTP.

Are you using the built-in OSX SSH server? https://support.apple.com/kb/PH13759?locale=en_GB