Rishad

VNC is local network only.. so thats not gonna help if he wants to access his desktop from school. with logmein you can contol your desktop from anywhere.. just need wi-fi. and it is extremely fast for me. if its slow then,

1. turn off wallpaper
2. reduce color depth

logmein works like this,
you download the server on your desktop and install the remote control client on your PPC. you go to logmein website with PIE and after logging in you can control your desktop (if its running the server).

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NaSh123

great, thanks for your help everyone :)

adriana

hehe i use it to acess my cuzin computer with my computer, the response time is slow and laggy when i scroll up and down while using the internet or moving folders around.

Rishad

Originally Posted by Gigi

Logmein will show your screen accurately but will require a lot of scrolling.

not really. it has screen fit and zoom options. you can choose whatever you like.

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Gigi

Originally Posted by akheron

VNC is local network only.. so thats not gonna help if he wants to access his desktop from school.

That's actually not true. Provided you know the IP, you can use VNC outside of your own network as well. I've done it several times before.

Dave Heine

Take a look at Pocket Controller-Professional v5.04 from
www.soti.net. I am using it with WM5 on a X51v with no problems. You get mouse and keyboard control with a nice enlarged view of your PDA screen. It has lots of options!
I recently used to make screen captures on my PC to include
in emails to developers to show the exact problem I was seeing.
The screen speed is acceptable to me.

The company makes other products that might satisfy you need
to work remotely from another PC to connect the PC that sync'ed
to it.

Rishad

Originally Posted by Gigi

That's actually not true. Provided you know the IP, you can use VNC outside of your own network as well. I've done it several times before.

Ah I see. thanks Gigi.. :)

I was trying to do that but couldn't connect.. so I guess that was a problem with my desktop networking.

Theres also PTvnc (available for both QVGA and VGA) if anybody wants to try that.

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Gigi

Originally Posted by akheron

Ah I see. thanks Gigi.. :) I was trying to do that but couldn't connect.. so I guess that was a problem with my desktop networking.

Did you try forwarding your ports? That's what worked for me.

Rishad

which ports should I forward to get into my home network from outside?

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Gigi

Originally Posted by akheron

which ports should I forward to get into my home network from outside?

I think by default, they start a 5900 but you can change the ports on the server side. You need to open one port for each PC you want to access (e.g., PC #1 = 5900, PC #2 = 5901, PC #3 = 5902, etc.).

Rishad

yah.. just checked I had opened 5500, 5800 and 5900.. still not working. :(

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Gigi

Originally Posted by akheron

yah.. just checked I had opened 5500, 5800 and 5900.. still not working. :(

But what is the client PC attached to? I.e., :0, :1, :2 etc

Rishad

I'm now trying with PTvnc. I can connect under local network but still no luck from outside network.

for local network I enter like 192.168.0.3:0. port 0 works and I can connect. for outside network if I enter "my external ip":0, then it doesnt work. I'm a little confused what should the port be from outside network?

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Originally Posted by akheron

I'm now trying with PTvnc. I can connect under local network but still no luck from outside network. for local network I enter like 192.168.0.3:0. port 0 works and I can connect. for outside network if I enter "my external ip":0, then it doesnt work. I'm a little confused what should the port be from outside network?

If you're using port 0, then you would need to forward port 5900, if you're using port 1, then you would need to forward port 5901...

But you should check in your server settings to make sure you're really using the 5900 level ports.

stv516

Originally Posted by akheron

I'm now trying with PTvnc. I can connect under local network but still no luck from outside network. for local network I enter like 192.168.0.3:0. port 0 works and I can connect. for outside network if I enter "my external ip":0, then it doesnt work. I'm a little confused what should the port be from outside network?

I guess because you are in your own local net, you can't access
your own "external" address from within your local. am I making myself clear? :)
Try to access from somewhere other than your home net.

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