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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender @gjacobse
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      @gjacobse said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

      @Dashrender said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

      are you needing a free solution?

      I wouldn't expect Teamviewer to give you unattended access for free. Heck they start nagging and possible disabling the use if they see you abusing the 'free' option.

      This is for a 70+ year old club member for his own personal use between his laptop while in Florida and his home computer... so needs to be super simple and reliable and repeatable and - yea... free. And stupid simple.

      looks like remoteutilities might fit the bill

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @gjacobse
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        @gjacobse said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

        @Dashrender said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

        are you needing a free solution?

        I wouldn't expect Teamviewer to give you unattended access for free. Heck they start nagging and possible disabling the use if they see you abusing the 'free' option.

        This is for a 70+ year old club member for his own personal use between his laptop while in Florida and his home computer... so needs to be super simple and reliable and repeatable and - yea... free. And stupid simple.

        Chrome has that tool, but it's annoying to use.

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        • ITivan80I
          ITivan80
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          maybe you can use logmein or anydesk as remote software

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          • notverypunnyN
            notverypunny
            last edited by notverypunny

            ZeroTier + RDP/VNC/noMachine?

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            • M
              Mario Jakovina @gjacobse
              last edited by Mario Jakovina

              @gjacobse said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

              @Dashrender said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

              are you needing a free solution?

              I wouldn't expect Teamviewer to give you unattended access for free. Heck they start nagging and possible disabling the use if they see you abusing the 'free' option.

              This is for a 70+ year old club member for his own personal use between his laptop while in Florida and his home computer... so needs to be super simple and reliable and repeatable and - yea... free. And stupid simple.

              Then try Ultraviewer: https://www.ultraviewer.net/en/

              EDIT: It is free to but it has some ads.
              Also, I'm not sure whether the free license allows you to wake up system if it goes to sleep.

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              • notverypunnyN
                notverypunny @Mario Jakovina
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                @Mario-Jakovina said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                @gjacobse said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                @Dashrender said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                are you needing a free solution?

                I wouldn't expect Teamviewer to give you unattended access for free. Heck they start nagging and possible disabling the use if they see you abusing the 'free' option.

                This is for a 70+ year old club member for his own personal use between his laptop while in Florida and his home computer... so needs to be super simple and reliable and repeatable and - yea... free. And stupid simple.

                Then try Ultraviewer: https://www.ultraviewer.net/en/

                EDIT: It is free to but it has some ads.
                Also, I'm not sure whether the free license allows you to wake up system if it goes to sleep.

                Honestly doubt that any solution will be able to wake the remote machine if it's in sleep and it's the only client on the far end. The products that I've used or looked at usually rely on another "awake" node at the same site to send WoL. If it's just the 1 machine in FL and 1 machine at home, there's nothing available to kick the sleeping machine... Unless there's something that I'm missing?

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @notverypunny
                  last edited by

                  @notverypunny said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                  @Mario-Jakovina said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                  @gjacobse said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                  @Dashrender said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                  are you needing a free solution?

                  I wouldn't expect Teamviewer to give you unattended access for free. Heck they start nagging and possible disabling the use if they see you abusing the 'free' option.

                  This is for a 70+ year old club member for his own personal use between his laptop while in Florida and his home computer... so needs to be super simple and reliable and repeatable and - yea... free. And stupid simple.

                  Then try Ultraviewer: https://www.ultraviewer.net/en/

                  EDIT: It is free to but it has some ads.
                  Also, I'm not sure whether the free license allows you to wake up system if it goes to sleep.

                  Honestly doubt that any solution will be able to wake the remote machine if it's in sleep and it's the only client on the far end. The products that I've used or looked at usually rely on another "awake" node at the same site to send WoL. If it's just the 1 machine in FL and 1 machine at home, there's nothing available to kick the sleeping machine... Unless there's something that I'm missing?

                  yeah, for sure, by definition it can't wake it if it is asleep. It has to be awoken by another machine on the network. The program can't run to wake itself up.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @gjacobse
                    last edited by

                    @gjacobse said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                    @EddieJennings said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                    @gjacobse said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                    In the early days of Teamviewer, it seemed like it was really 'reliable' for setting to start up after reboot and being able to reconnect. Any time I try to set this now results in failure after failure and code regeneration password - What's the use if restart after reboot if the code changes? I mean - how does that help me when I'm five hundred miles away from the computer?

                    While I have moved to using NoMachine internally - there isn't any reason it can't be configured to do the same function am I correct? You will still need 'client / server' computers and the proper port forwarding in your router.

                    I ask to assist a club member who is about to spend two months in Florida, for something easy enough for him to work with.

                    (Off to research)

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                    Sounds like you're wanting a persistent remote connection to the target machine. MeshCentral gets the job done for me.

                    This is for a single person that is non-it and in his seventies. Mesh central isn’t an option as he isn’t going to want to set up or manage a server

                    So this is only finding the solution, not providing a solution? Not many great options or everyone would be using them in that case.

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                    • dbeatoD
                      dbeato @scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller You can use Splashtop which is great.

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                      • ObsolesceO
                        Obsolesce @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                        @notverypunny said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                        @Mario-Jakovina said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                        @gjacobse said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                        @Dashrender said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                        are you needing a free solution?

                        I wouldn't expect Teamviewer to give you unattended access for free. Heck they start nagging and possible disabling the use if they see you abusing the 'free' option.

                        This is for a 70+ year old club member for his own personal use between his laptop while in Florida and his home computer... so needs to be super simple and reliable and repeatable and - yea... free. And stupid simple.

                        Then try Ultraviewer: https://www.ultraviewer.net/en/

                        EDIT: It is free to but it has some ads.
                        Also, I'm not sure whether the free license allows you to wake up system if it goes to sleep.

                        Honestly doubt that any solution will be able to wake the remote machine if it's in sleep and it's the only client on the far end. The products that I've used or looked at usually rely on another "awake" node at the same site to send WoL. If it's just the 1 machine in FL and 1 machine at home, there's nothing available to kick the sleeping machine... Unless there's something that I'm missing?

                        yeah, for sure, by definition it can't wake it if it is asleep. It has to be awoken by another machine on the network. The program can't run to wake itself up.

                        There may be a bios setting to automatically wake or start the device on a schedule. Maybe that can be part of it, along with in-OS sleep setting to prevent that, so that he can shut it down manually when done for the day.

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                        • dafyreD
                          dafyre @dbeato
                          last edited by

                          @dbeato said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

                          @scottalanmiller You can use Splashtop which is great.

                          I second Splashtop. While not free, $5 a month won't break the piggy bank, and it works dang good.

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