Basically the VNC relationship works in a viewer / server fashion. You
install the server piece on a computer that you need to have remote access.
You use the viewer on the computer you are going to use to connect to the
remote pc. A few considerations, is the XP box behind a firewall? Does the
XP box have its firewall on, if so you need to open the appropriate ports
for the VNC apps to work. On the Ubuntu box you will need to install the
viewer portion and make sure that if any firewalls are up on your side that
the appropriate ports are open as well.
RDP, can be enabled on XP by right clicking on my computer, selecting the
remote tab and then checking off the allow users to remotely connect to this
computer. Again make sure you punch a hole in any firewall for this port or
protocol.
Oh and one more thing to mention, if the PC is behind a router/switch, you
will need to use port forwarding, I have actually seen smart cable modems
too that have a port forwarding service in them also. Basically this tells
the router to accept the connection and forward it to the appropriate IP /
port on the other side. You basically have an outside interface with a
public IP that needs to translate into your private, most likely
192.168.1.XXX:4600 address.
Again, in Ubuntu I really like the Term Services / RDP client they built in,
it really is smooth. VNC is cool to, but its flakey and can be a security
concern, even moreso then RDP, but that's another discussion altogether.
Take Care!
Eric Brace
From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of William Coulter
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 9:28 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] VNC question
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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