Hi Greg, 1) You can download a copy of VNC Personal or Enterprise Edition from http://www.realvnc.com/download.html, including a 30-day free trial, in order to try them out. :)
2) If your intent is to be able to access those four computers remotely then you will need a server installed on each. These can be made accessible via port-forwarding through your office's NAT router, with a different port for each computer. 3) If servers are to be exposed directly to the Internet, without secure tunnelling, then a secure version of VNC should be used. The difference between VNC Enterprise & Personal Editions is simply that VNC Enterprise Edition supports authentication using Windows user accounts, rather than requiring a separate VNC password - if you don't need that then VNC Personal Edition is more economical for small numbers of machines. 4) 6-10 desktops will cost around USD200-350, depending upon which product you choose. You can get a quote on-line via the Buy Now buttons at http://www.realvnc.com 5) See above! Cheers, -- Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Monaco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 January 2008 17:58 > To: 'James Weatherall'; vnc-list@realvnc.com > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: First time use problems > > I've received a lot of comments from folks regarding the > problem I mentioned. I'm inclined to try the more secure > version of realvnc but I would still like to "test" it. See > how it works from home, etc. > > 1. Is the free version any indicator of how well the > other versions work? > > 2. What is the downside to having 4 servers in our > office so that each user can access her/his personal computer > from home? Can you suggest an alternate configuration? (We > do not use roaming desktops in our office.) > > 3. Which version do you recommend for this type of > configuration? > > 4. How much would it be for a license for 6-10 users? > > 5. How can I test the version I would likely purchase? > > Thanks. > > Greg Monaco > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:40 AM > To: 'Greg Monaco'; vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: First time use problems > > Greg, > > You'll need to create an exception in Windows Firewall for > the VNC Server executable, so that it can accept connections > through it. > > Note that we do not recommend use of VNC Free Edition over > untrusted networks. VNC Personal & Enterprise Editions > provide have in-built session security, making them secure > for use over the Internet (and can also configure Windows > Firewall for you automatically if you wish!). You could > alternatively set up separate secure tunnel software to run > VNC Free Edition over, too. > > Cheers, > > -- > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Monaco > > Sent: 16 January 2008 22:07 > > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: First time use problems > > > > We've installed the free server software on an XP box and tried to > > access it via the client software from another computer on our LAN > > using the internal IP address. > > > > It times out. But I can access the server via the client software > > from the server, itself. I can also ping the server from > the client > > computer I was testing with. > > > > When I use the VNC Network Test, I get a connection to port > 5900 timed > > out. > > We do have it forwarding to the server IP address for port 5900. > > > > What's up? > > > > Greg > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > VNC-List@realvnc.com > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
