I support all my clients with LogMeIn. I recently vacationed in Europe and one of them phoned me telling me he had a problem in his LAN. So, from the hotel lobby and half an hour of my time, I accessed his server with LogMeIn and solved the problem. I use the free version. We talked by Skype during the whole process.
As for file transfer, I set up FileZilla (server version) in my office computer and transfer files via ftp to and from my PC. All my clients use FireFox for a browser with the FPT add-in. I use that to contact my office PC through the FileZilla Server. Of course you need a fixed IP address but I get that from NO-IP.org. At 5 bucks per year it does not seem very expensive. While I was away my PC was always on, so I could even access it every night from the hotels to check my mails and my bank balance. It all works like a charm (and because FileZilla is OpenSource, and LogMeIn is free and NO-IP costs 5 dollars, and Skype is also free, with the money I saved plus the extra fees I charged my client for making me work from Europe during my vacation, I think I can bank my vacation next year, he,he,he) Rafael Copquin El 19/10/2010 18:00, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) escribió: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Ted Roche<[email protected]> wrote: >> So, I'm looking for suggestions for what a "user" would use to get >> remote access to his/her desktop. > I'll put in another vote for LogMeIn. So easy, even a "user" can do it > (even *me*). > > Ken > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
