Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect
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@smartkid808 said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Looks interesting.. I'll have to look into this more. At least for personal use, and maybe company.
I installed it, and installed 2 agents, but they are not showing up, must have messed up on config or something.. guess i gotta dig around. might try just spin up a windows server vs Ubuntu to see of that works.
*Edit, figured it out.. re-did node ./node_modules/meshcentral --cert example.servername.com to reflect my ip since i dont fqdn setup yet since im only in testing state
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@smartkid808 said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@smartkid808 said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Looks interesting.. I'll have to look into this more. At least for personal use, and maybe company.
I installed it, and installed 2 agents, but they are not showing up, must have messed up on config or something.. guess i gotta dig around. might try just spin up a windows server vs Ubuntu to see of that works.
*Edit, figured it out.. re-did node ./node_modules/meshcentral --cert example.servername.com to reflect my ip since i dont fqdn setup yet since im only in testing state
This is what I had to do .
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I am connected to my computer at home, but wondering how do I make it wide screen.. Right now its square.. I tyring to play with the settings, but dont see anything.
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@smartkid808 said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
I am connected to my computer at home, but wondering how do I make it wide screen.. Right now its square.. I tyring to play with the settings, but dont see anything.
It can only show the resolution of what your display is showing you at home.
This isn't line Linux - where you are launching a remote GUI session... Instead, you are seeing a mirror of the GUI on that computer, as the computer user in front of it see it.
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@Dashrender said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@smartkid808 said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
I am connected to my computer at home, but wondering how do I make it wide screen.. Right now its square.. I tyring to play with the settings, but dont see anything.
It can only show the resolution of what your display is showing you at home.
It shows the native resolution but scaled and constrained to the browser window. This is not like ScreenConnect where you can get the full screen native resolution.
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@Dashrender said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
It can only show the resolution of what your display is showing you at home.
Thanks, that worked. guess it adjust the resolution for speed or something, i changed the resolution on the remote pc and shows much better. Not sure why I didn't think of that earlier. I'm just kinda used to TV.
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@smartkid808 said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@Dashrender said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
It can only show the resolution of what your display is showing you at home.
Thanks, that worked. guess it adjust the resolution for speed or something, i changed the resolution on the remote pc and shows much better. Not sure why I didn't think of that earlier. I'm just kinda used to TV.
Interesting - is there no monitor attached to the device you are remoting into? If there is, and you've now pushed the signal outsize the displayable ability of that monitor, at least - you won't be able to use it when you get back to that machine (until you remote into it and change it back) at worst - you're damaging the monitor - I've heard of incorrect sync doing that - though I've never seen it first hand.
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@Dashrender said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Interesting - is there no monitor attached to the device you are remoting into? If there is, and you've now pushed the signal outsize the displayable ability of that monitor, at least - you won't be able to use it when you get back to that machine (until you remote into it and change it back) at worst - you're damaging the monitor - I've heard of incorrect sync doing that - though I've never seen it first hand.
Its actually the same make and model I am using at work, ViewSonic VX2757-MHD. I'll play with it more.. Just may I screwed something up. My monitor at home is off .
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0.2.7-i it is!
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And 0.2.7-j, we just updated.
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This reminds me of a counting thread, just with really fancy formatting
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@scottalanmiller Are you using 2FA now with this as well Scott?
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@StuartJordan said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller Are you using 2FA now with this as well Scott?
Not yet, but expect to start soon as we start using it more.
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@StuartJordan said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller Are you using 2FA now with this as well Scott?
I currently setup 2FA. Easy peasy lemon squeezy! I like the extra security.
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@pmoncho Great to see it's working well, defiantly worth the added security.
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@pmoncho said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@StuartJordan said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller Are you using 2FA now with this as well Scott?
I currently setup 2FA. Easy peasy lemon squeezy! I like the extra security.
What 2FA system do you use with it?
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@scottalanmiller I believe it's the Google Authenticator.
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For 2FA, I use Authy.
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@StuartJordan said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller I believe it's the Google Authenticator.
Yep, Google Authenticator. I think it actually took about 90 seconds to setup. I did it on a test account first to make sure it would work.
