spec me a VNC client :)

uv · 27 Jun 2009 at 20:59

Howdy

Back in the day I used to use tight VNC and/or UltraVNC, but haven't had need for a vnc client for a good while.

Which client/server combo is considered the best nowadays? I'd much prefer a free one

Cheers

gurusan · 27 Jun 2009 at 21:00

built in windows remote desktop is really miles above anything else I've tried.

uv · 27 Jun 2009 at 21:04

gurusan said:
built in windows remote desktop is really miles above anything else I've tried.

ah.. I didn't even think of trying the Windows client!

Rabtech · 27 Jun 2009 at 21:16

Logmein Free

Lacks file transfer capabilities but you could just use Hamachi for that. For speed and quality of remote its unrivalled. No messing about with ports required either.

vidda · 27 Jun 2009 at 21:31

UltraVNC

gurusan · 27 Jun 2009 at 21:32

Rabtech said:
Logmein Free

Lacks file transfer capabilities but you could just use Hamachi for that. For speed and quality of remote its unrivalled. No messing about with ports required either.

faster than rdp? :/

Paul11 · 28 Jun 2009 at 09:19

team viewer

uv · 28 Jun 2009 at 13:32

I played around with RDP last night, and I don't like the way the host computer gets locked, requiring the user to log back in.

Is there a way to stop this, so it acts like real/tight/ultra VNC, leaving the host machine logged in as normal, just under client control?

rctneil · 28 Jun 2009 at 13:58

Teamviewer works perfectly for me

Love it. Have installed the client app on all my relatives machines so when they ring up for help they just open up teamviewer, tell me the password and i can help them!

Dark_Angel · 28 Jun 2009 at 14:11

Am using Remote Desktop here.... simple to use and just works. Can copy and paste over the 2 PC's and that is just about all I need.

THough Teamviewer sounds interesting

RobH · 28 Jun 2009 at 14:19

Logmein is great when you are doing it over the Internet as it sorts out everything such as dealing with NAT traversal and dynamic IP's. It's also very fast, and it will use your LAN if you are on the same network.