Re: [Elecraft] Remotely controlling a K2

2008-01-29 Thread Lee (WW2DX)
If you are going from mac to mac then ssh is built in. This creates a secure encrypted tunnel between the two machines. Open a terminal window (Apps -> Utilities -> Terminal) Type: ssh -L 3000:localhost:5900 remoteusername@ Once you enter the passwd of the remote host you are in. Then on th

RE: [Elecraft] Remotely controlling a K2

2008-01-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Consider using a personal VPN such as Hamachi to tunnel your control software through. It is encrypted end-to-end and works very well. 73 john k5js myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosti

Re: [Elecraft] Remotely controlling a K2

2008-01-29 Thread R. Kevin Stover
exploit the system. | | | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Brindle | Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:23 PM | To: Elecraft List | Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Remotely controlling a K2 | | Just a warning here to be careful. VNCs are notori

RE: [Elecraft] Remotely controlling a K2

2008-01-28 Thread Brett Howard
. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Brindle Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:23 PM To: Elecraft List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Remotely controlling a K2 Just a warning here to be careful. VNCs are notorious for being unsecure. You are

Re: [Elecraft] Remotely controlling a K2

2008-01-28 Thread David Fleming
The VNC thing should work. There may be some latency issues, but maybe not. *Heed Jack's warning*. VNC's can be very risky. > David's (W4SMT) program > (I don't know where it's available. It's on my hard drive. :) I've been meaning to release it, but I never got around to it. Here are some scre

Re: [Elecraft] Remotely controlling a K2

2008-01-28 Thread Jack Brindle
Just a warning here to be careful. VNCs are notorious for being unsecure. You are probably OK on the Mac for quite a while, but the Windows component may open up pandora's box. For this reason many, if not most, companies have banned VNC from their internal networks. Yeah, yuck! On Jan 28

Re: [Elecraft] Remotely controlling a K2

2008-01-28 Thread David Fleming
I can get you half way there. I've written a fairly full featured K2 control app for Mac OS X that will control the K2 over a network. I've been using iChat for the audio. I haven't tried Skype. I enjoy lying in bed and working CW using my Macbook. The K2 is downstairs being controlled by an iMac