Todays' replacement for Teamviewer

EddieJennings

@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)

(editted)

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

Mario Jakovina

@gjacobse said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

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

@gjacobse said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

Any time I try to set this now results in failure after failure and code regeneration - What's the use if restart after reboot if the code changes?

What do you mean by "code regenaration"?

I use Supremo, Meshcentral2 and Teamviewer, and have no issues, after reboots.

I used the 'incorrect' term code... Password.

You need to setup "unattended access" with fixed password.
Look here:
https://community.teamviewer.com/English/kb/articles/1227-setup-secure-unattended-access-to-your-devices

Same is with Supremo.

Meshcentral is great and free, but you need to setup your server.

gjacobse

@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)

(editted)

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

gjacobse

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

@gjacobse said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

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

@gjacobse said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

Any time I try to set this now results in failure after failure and code regeneration - What's the use if restart after reboot if the code changes?

What do you mean by "code regenaration"?

I use Supremo, Meshcentral2 and Teamviewer, and have no issues, after reboots.

I used the 'incorrect' term code... Password.

You need to setup "unattended access" with fixed password.
Look here:
https://community.teamviewer.com/English/kb/articles/1227-setup-secure-unattended-access-to-your-devices

Same is with Supremo.

Meshcentral is great and free, but you need to setup your server.

Interesting and not previously known. Will have to test and see. Used to be you only needed to click one maybe two boxes and you were done…

stacksofplates

From what I remember with team viewer if you were logged in on both ends you didn’t need the OTP.

This is another piece of software I’ve used also and worked well.

https://www.remoteutilities.com/

Dashrender

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.

Dashrender

@stacksofplates said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

From what I remember with team viewer if you were logged in on both ends you didn’t need the OTP.

This is another piece of software I’ve used also and worked well.

https://www.remoteutilities.com/

nice

gjacobse

@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.

Dashrender

@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

scottalanmiller

@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.

ITivan80

maybe you can use logmein or anydesk as remote software

notverypunny

ZeroTier + RDP/VNC/noMachine?

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.

notverypunny

@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?

scottalanmiller

@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.

scottalanmiller

@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)

(editted)

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.

dbeato

@scottalanmiller You can use Splashtop which is great.

Obsolesce

@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.

dafyre

@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.