Remote computer access

[Bun-Bun]

Ok I want to keep my one computer running 6 GPU threads but it needs babysitting.

What can I use to remote in through the internet from work to babysit this machine?

[ggdh]

Some time ago I was using combo of Hamachi and VPN. It worked good enough for my needs...

[nanoprobe]

Ok I want to keep my one computer running 6 GPU threads but it needs babysitting.

What can I use to remote in through the internet from work to babysit this machine?

I use teamviewer. If they won't let you install it on your work machine you can run it as a service. That's what I do. I'm typing this from work via teamviewer.

[Bun-Bun]

I'm the IT manager... I can do whatever I want lol

Thanks I'll look into it.

Any ports need to be forward? or does it work properly with the routers NAT/UPNP?

[Mydog]

I use teamviewer. If they won't let you install it on your work machine you can run it as a service. That's what I do. I'm typing this from work via teamviewer.

Same here only I got admin rights at work so I got it installed on my lappy

[Sparky]

I use LogMeIn. Works great, no ports to deal with either unless you have a hardware firewall with strict rules or something.

[Buckeye]

TeamViewer is very simple and can be made to auto start so you don't have to worry about it. But it is some what slow on response when doing things.

I used RADMIN for a long time and had a very fast connection. It was a little bit of a pain getting setup at first but its more responsive when using it.

But now I just use TeamViewer as most of my stuff changes around a lot these days.

[nanoprobe]

I'm the IT manager... I can do whatever I want lol

Thanks I'll look into it.

Any ports need to be forward? or does it work properly with the routers NAT/UPNP?

No ports to forward. Just install and make sure you allow it through your firewall.

[Nosfer@tu]

Chrome has a remote add on 2, I hear it works fine.

[Bun-Bun]

Hmm Chrome addon... ill have to check it out.

Looking over everyones suggestions I have gone with teamviewer. What I like about it is it keeps track of all your installations online so you just log in and a list of your computers pops up. Plus it gives full control of the connected PC (ie. I can restart it or shut it down). It runs a little slow but for its ease of use its worth it. Plus babysitting crunchers doesn't require a lot so the somewhat slow access is fine.

[my87csx481]

Sorry for the thread revival.

Question about teamviewer: This won't mess up gpu crunching, will it? I seem to vaguely recall some issue with windows reverting to a generic video driver if accessed remotely (don't remember which method of remote access caused this though).

Thanks for any input.

[Mumak]

This is true for Remote Desktop (included in Windows). I don't know if teamviewer causes the same and would like to know that too.

Sorry for the thread revival.

Question about teamviewer: This won't mess up gpu crunching, will it? I seem to vaguely recall some issue with windows reverting to a generic video driver if accessed remotely (don't remember which method of remote access caused this though).

Thanks for any input.

[nanoprobe]

Sorry for the thread revival.

Question about teamviewer: This won't mess up gpu crunching, will it? I seem to vaguely recall some issue with windows reverting to a generic video driver if accessed remotely (don't remember which method of remote access caused this though).

Thanks for any input.

Teamviewer works fine for me. Log in all the time to check Boinctasks to see what's going on or to change settings to catch those sneaky betas when thy appear, which is usually when I'm at work.

[my87csx481]

Thanks for the feedback.

I'll try to play with it tonight.

[Mumak]

Just installed TeamViewer and it seems a session doesn't cause the machine to switch to VGA driver. So working pretty well.

[BlindFreddie]

Do any of these remote-access programs prevent bots from trying to brute-force a login via the internet?

I was leaving the port for Windoze Rmote Desktop (3389) open in my modem/router's firewall for me to log in when away.
Forgot to close the access after my return. I couldn't work out why there was a 2nd winlogon process appearing & disappearing in task manager every second or so, until I noticed the network activity LED on the machine flashing in little bursts every sec or so when the network should have been quiet. Average of 14kBps dowloading, which would be a real nuisance if you've got limited bandwidth or quota. I tracked it down to unauthorised login attempts via remote desktop. I got the IP address of the source, found his ISP (location Amsterdam) and the ISP's range of IPs and firewalled them out. Network was immediately quiet. For a while. A couple of weeks later it was happening again, this time from ISP Hutchison/Hong Kong.
I disabled port 3389, and that's why I'm here ...

[Vinas]

Do any of these remote-access programs prevent bots from trying to brute-force a login via the internet?

You'll need to use some network tools to prevent unauthorized IPs from initiating a connection. Sure the IP can be spoofed and all but it's better than nothing. I use IP based access rules together with a SSH proxy virtual machine. This does two things: allows connections from my allowed list of IPs, and then requires an encryption key to login to SSH (no password authentication). Once in to the SSH proxy I can forward ports as needed (ie: pt 3389). Without password authentication there isn't much to brute force, even if they do happen to spoof a correct IP and get access to the SSH server login.

[Andrea deluxe]

teamviewer 8
Ultra VNC

[D_A]

Do any of these remote-access programs prevent bots from trying to brute-force a login via the internet?

I was leaving the port for Windoze Rmote Desktop (3389) open in my modem/router's firewall for me to log in when away.
Forgot to close the access after my return. I couldn't work out why there was a 2nd winlogon process appearing & disappearing in task manager every second or so, until I noticed the network activity LED on the machine flashing in little bursts every sec or so when the network should have been quiet. Average of 14kBps dowloading, which would be a real nuisance if you've got limited bandwidth or quota. I tracked it down to unauthorised login attempts via remote desktop. I got the IP address of the source, found his ISP (location Amsterdam) and the ISP's range of IPs and firewalled them out. Network was immediately quiet. For a while. A couple of weeks later it was happening again, this time from ISP Hutchison/Hong Kong.
I disabled port 3389, and that's why I'm here ...

I'm not that familiar with WRD, but surely there's a setting to limit the number of login attempts in a given time period. Three per IP per 24 hours should be tight enough.

[bot@xs]

i use tightvnc. it's small, secure and doesn't interfere with crunching or folding. you can use the ultra vnc standalone client with it as well. so no install for the client. it has good session control and supports various encryption protocols. you can change the port settings and limit access to specific ip's, etc

[Bun-Bun]

Team viewer they would be brute force attacking your teamviewer account, not individual computers as you log into your teamviewer account to gain access to your machines. It also has whitelisting and blacklisting capabilities as well.

[NKrader]

Ultra VNC

yep thats what I use, really anything works, if it works

[MadMike261]

I use Logmein for both professional and personal use.
Main advantage to me is that even if you have access to the webinterface, you will still be asked for valid account credentials that are valid for the target PC, like domain account, local admin, whatever :P.
So even when you lose control over the webconsole there is no instant access from any potential attacker.

Never tried it on Linux systems, but I usually have some sort of VPN or SSH for that :P

[totalgeek]

Agree on Teamviewer being pretty straightforward and easy. Use it on all my systems as an easy way to remote in from my phone and make changes if needed.

For monitoring I like PC Monitor. Installs on the computer, you use the app on your phone. Allows complete control of PC through app with easy access to hardware details.

Mostly like PC Monitor for its sending of alerts based on user defined conditions. Have it setup to send alerts if temperature on CPU cores pases a certain temp. Also have it setup to send a notification if a process stops, use that to let me know if Boinc.exe/mgr stopped. Have had that happen a couple of times.