Next Generation Remote Access

You cant write this article w/o considering Folder Share...purchased by Microsoft and now FREE.

They also purchased Groove Networks....but this service is fee based and expensive. However, it has many more features.

I am a Windows XP power user, so naturally, I use Win XP Pro. I use the remote access tool built into it but to remote control my desktop from my PDA I use RealVNC. After some strong passwords and some tweaking, I got it perfect.

what's with the apostrophe each time you write *net*?! it's like a bad science fiction novel.

remote access is still too scary. the risk/reward ratio is way too skewed. it's easier to just, you know, plan ahead or wait a few hours.

HI ! FROM PERU - LIMA
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i have been seeking a perfect remote access software for such a long time and really tested a lot,finally i found "remotelyanywhere" is pretty good for it's fast speed of file transferring and high quality of the remote screen.Also,"radmin" is perfect.But if you want to remote access a pc in a lan which have no public ip address,"softether"-which is a very special vpn software from japan plus "radmin" will be perfect,the combination of this two software will make you get access to any pc in a lan as long as you have the right to install this two software in the lan pc,need't to do any port reflection,and needn't to close any firewall,cause "softether" is such a powerful vpn which can get through the firewall and nat easily even without the permission of the admin of the lan.

I use webexpcnow since it was on the "free" trial... and It has its good moments and downtimes too...
Now I have to pay 6 monthly and I'm considering if it's worthy....

I use webexpcnow since it was on the "free" trial... and It has its good moments and downtimes too...
Now I have to pay 6 monthly and I'm considering if it's worthy....

I'm using BeAnywhere, which is a great remote desktop an file trasnfer tool. They use p2p so the connection speed is quite fast. the downside is the needed manual port forwarding, but I've read that they will be fixing that pretty soon. I've tried other tools, but this is so far the best.

... and everyone is talking about remote control with file transfer, noone has mentioned a single remote access (remote dial-in directly to a network server) application, including the article's author.

I love Mionet - it's just a little "1984" at first but once you get over that - it's an aweseome product sure beats anything else out there! No issues here - give this product 5 Stars!

Surprised no one mentioned logmein.com.

Or even Qnext, which has a remote control element though you have to do some port forwarding there.

I go with logmein mostly. Especially since I only need a browser at the remote end.

MG!

hamachi is the one to go for - no setup required and you can access on your shares on whichever computers you have it installed on! free to use for the basic version too

You should include NoMachine's NX software. It has excellent low-bandwidth and special low-latency support. NoMachine also releases the core components under the GPL, so open source developers can work together to build compatible clients and servers on any platform.

For people with Windows XP pro, there's also just using the built in remote desktop. I find it to be more responsive than VNC-based solutions (TightVNC/RealVNC/Radmin at the very least). The client is pretty light weight (consists of two files) and comes with WinXP. Sorta does file sharing, but painfully slow.

Of course, I don't trust Microsoft, so I wrap it around OpenSSH (cygwin comes with sshd). Which also has a good file sharing solution (scp)... :)

No one has commented on GoToMyPC. I've been using this software for approx 3 years. The interface has only improved over time now complete with True Graphics. I use both the remote PC client as well as the Pocket PC utility to access my host computer - no complaints, both are top notch. Host PC is in Michigan, I'm in CA. Delay isn't bothersome at all. File transfers are painful though - average speed is 25-30K/sec. Overall this app is A+ if file transfers aren't a huge priority. I pay $10/month which requires one annual $120 payment. I have been looking for a cheaper alternative that is this secure and reliable without much luck.

I have been using LogMeIn FREE for some 3 years. The FREE version only allows you to control/execute programs on a remote, however, that is perfect for my IT consultancy. For $70 per year, you can have full file transfer. Nice thing is that you can either login to the remote directly or go to the LogMeIn site and see a table of all the computers you can access, all free. I suppose they make money selling the file transfer features.

You can try it for 30 days free.

ciao
Curt

Mionet is the only remote pc access software I have ever used so I am in no position to compare it performance wise to similar software. I use this software with the western digital ?My book world? external hard drive. The software is included as a package with the hard drive.

I really like the mionet. Additionally, the customer support is impeccable. All of the support people are committed to getting your network running and keeping it running. Something that Microsoft can not claim. (When was the last time you called Microsoft for support?)

On a historical note, Dell used to offer impeccable (free) support in the late 90?s and early 2000?s. More of late their support is no different than other manufacturers (and now you pay extra for it) and therefore there is no incentive to stay with dell without considering other manufacturers.

In this competitive market of remote pc access, I think customer support will determine the success of the product.

You could also take a look at I'm InTouch - http://www.imintouch.net/ - I've been using it for a while. The useful thing for me is that I can access my emails from my plain, vanilla cell phone.