Re: Remote Access
Francisco M Neto wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> At work, we have several computers that are located at different
> locations throughout the country. Some of them are highly inaccessible by usual
> means, and it requires a certain planning to reach them to have direct access.
> Therefore, we have been using TeamViewer software to access those machines
> remotely.
>
> However, the "powers that be" have decided that TeamViewer is not worth
> the investment on a commercial license for unrestricted use, and therefore I
> have been asked to find a replacement.
>
> Do any of you good fellows know of some software (or service for that
> matter) that might perform the same task? Regular VNC (e.g. tigervnc) is not
> quite enough, since each site runs inside the infrastructure of other people,
> and therefore we do not have control over their networking environment; some of
> the have real IPs, and others are behind firewalls and NATs, which render a
> regular direct connection impossible.
It sounds like what you really want is a VPN connecting the
remote machines to your management network. Then you can use
VNC or whatever else.
-dsr-
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