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Date:	Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:14:00 -0800
From:	"Mark D. Overholser" <os2@markoverholser.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com, os2user@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: VNC client

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Ray Davison wrote:
> Ray Davison wrote:
>
>> Ray Davison wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The server will be a friends W2K box. I have RealVNC for that.
>>> http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.0/
>>>
>>> I have installed the server, at least I think I have, because I
>>> understand just about nothing about it.
>>
>>
>> The VNC server object on the right end of the taskbar shows an address
>> - x.x.x.x - when the mouse hovers over it. The server is on dialup.
>> When it connects the number changes from default to what appears to be
>> a real address. It is different each time the machine connects.
>>
>> I now have VNCVIEW.EXE on the OS/2 client machine. The INF file is
>> not getting me connected.
>
>
> OK, it works. But I am not sure it is practical over a dialup.
>
> Ray

Make sure to have a Simple Background on the Server to reduce Screen
updates... Also you might just want to setup a SSH Server on the W2K
systems instead.. W2K comes with a Telnet Server, but that is real
insecure....

MarkO

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