Re: [SLUG] VNC question

From: Robert Waldo (rjw6844@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Mar 01 2008 - 08:30:57 EST


The problem you're having with RDP may be that 1. The remote computer is XP
home edition which doesn't support RDP or 2. you have to open port 3389 in
your router. I've found success when those two conditions were met.

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 8:27 PM, William Coulter <wrcoulter33@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have not been able to get RDP to work for me. I don't know or I can't
> figure out what I was doing wrong. I could give it a try again but I don't
> expect much from it by me.
>
> By going the VNC option, if I have tightvnc viewer on my PC, then how do I
> have control over the XP? (This is what I mean as I don't have a clue of
> what I am doing.)
>
> William
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Eric Brace <eric.brace@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You could use RDP, Ubuntu comes with a really nice TS clone for RDP.
> >
> > If your going to use the VNC option, install the UltraVNC server piece
> > on the XP boxes and then install the tight VNC viewer on Ubuntu.
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 3:52 PM, William Coulter <wrcoulter33@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Ok, I have been reading from both web sites about ultravnc and
> > > tightvnc and I am not sure which one I should use. I don't do this in my
> > > daily work so this is strange and different to me. What I am trying to do
> > > remote control a family PC at another house. I run ubuntu linux but they
> > > all run XP. Both vnc's are cross plat form but why do some people use
> > > ultravnc over tightvnc and vice-a-versa?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > William
> > >
> > >
> >
>

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