[OT] question about remote access services

[James Sentman]

This thread has been going on long enough that I no longer recall why you can’t just use regular screen sharing built into the OS? It’s free, you have to create a free dyndns or no-ip account if you want to reach your system remotely and configure a passthrough of the port. But it’s free and works just fine. If you don’t have access to configure the passthrough then thats a problem. I think you can get around that if you have a remote machine you can create an SSH tunnel to, but I’m not sure they can work in both directions like that.

It is getting increasingly difficult to setup NAT passthroughs with the way that the internet providers are locking up control of their modems and routers. There may come a time when we do need an XTension passthrough service to connect your incoming connection with an outgoing one from XTension…


> On Feb 28, 2017, at 10:37 AM, Dee Dee Sommers <deesquared at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> So I have been evaluating Splashtop.  They have a personal version which is free for machines on your own wifi network.  If you want access when away from home, the subscription is $16.99/year.  They also have a mobile app that is $2.99 for the iOS app.  I’ll reckon it is probably the same for android.
> 
> Thus far I am very favorably impressed with Splashtop.  LiveMass is evaluating the Business app as an alternative to LogMeIn.  Again, we are very favorably impressed.
> 
> I dabbled with TeamViewer a couple of years ago, on my home network.  The $$$$ alone for a business license was just too much.
> So for right now, Splashtop is at the top of our list to switch to.
> 
> Have any of you had experience with Splashtop?  Most importantly, I am interested in cautions, etc.

Thanks,
 James


James Sentman                       http://www.PlanetaryGear.org		http://MacHomeAutomation.com




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