Remote Desktop

[lexus]

I am interested in purchasing remote desktop and was wondering if you guys good tell me if I should. Firstly does it work through a firewall? Also is it good for home use or not. I would mainly use it to access my computer at home from work.

Thanks

 

[nsutt22]

I use it at work for 350 plus machines Mac and PC. I like how you can control the PC's that have a VNC client on them. It works really well. Slowness is occasionally an issue but not rarely. Its kind of pricey however and if you are only doing a few computers i would say you are maybe better off with a free version some where. Hope this helps!

 

[jsw]

Chicken of the VNC is all you need. Your Mac has a built-in VNC server (System Preferences...->Sharing->Services->Turn on "Apple Remote Desktop" and set it up with a password). Enable port 5900 (or, say 5900-5902 or so) on your router and built-in Firewall, then use something like http://DynDNS.org to get a dynamic DNS address for free, then use CotVNC - or any VNC client - to access your home system from work - assuming work has the ports open as well.