Hello,
I would like to be able to access my desktop computer's drives from essentially anywhere in the world, both read and write. I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of software/hardware was needed to do this, preferably securely.
Some sort of SSH/VNC combination? What would you recommend for software?
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Logmein is what I use. Or you can set up a remote desktop. I find that log me in works better, if you have the internet and the computer you are accessing has the logmein software you can access your desktop anywhere with it
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Teamviewer! The free personal version works VERY well for me.
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I guess there's a way to do it just by opening port 80.
I would recommend using something like gotomypc though. I don't know if there's a free alternative, my only experience with it has been through work. -
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Is logmein secure?
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As other's have mentioned, LogMeIn is good as well as TeamViewer. If you want to get your hands a little dirty you can even use Microsoft's built-in Remote Desktop application.
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^^^ QFT. IIRC the Home versions can only be used as 'Clients' to 'connect to...other machines', and not the other way around.
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one new option is Live Essential 2011 which has Live Sync. It does requires you to login and run the Live Sync front end before you can connect to it. Under the hood, it is just RDP but using Windows Live as the routing mechanism. It does have the advantage that you don't need port forwarding or open any port.
It is free too and from Microsoft, if that means anything.
Access desktop from anywhere
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Akari, Jan 4, 2011.