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Date:	Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:03:52 PST8
From:	Steve Schiffman <schiffman@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Remote control of PC

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Ray Davison wrote:
>
> She is 70 miles away. . . . is to operate her machine from mine. I have
> nibbled at this subject, but not enough to be useful. Her OS is some
> flavor of XP. And, she is rural and on dial-up. I don't need a
> learning curve, I need a cookbook; fast.
>
> Can, will, anyone bail me out? I'll bring enough hardware to a meeting
> to do a demo if anyone else is interested.

I suggest using VNC (Virtual Network Computing) to provide a remote
ops control. See url http://www.realvnc.com for info and downloads.
There is a Free Edition for Windows platforms for basic operations. If
you need additional security, then you will have to buy one of the
upgrade versions. See the table on the first download page for the
features of each version.

Note that you will be able to use a browser to connect to the target
remote system. This makes the controlling system OS independent. Check
the docs, I think that the connection port on the controlled (target)
system will be port 5800, IPaddr:5800, when using a browser. If you
use the Java client, the the target port is 5900.

Also keep in mind that since your target system will be on a dial-up
line and is a graphical user interface system (Windows), the remote
screen refresh will be take a long time (lots of bits across a slow
link). Additionally, each time you want to connect to the target, you
need to contact your friend and have her provide the current IP
address the dial-up access obtained.

Steve Schiffman

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