Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect

Ylian

@scottalanmiller On Windows terminal currently launches within the MeshAgent process and causes a bunch of issues. Bryan who works on the agent will be looking into spawning a separate process for the terminal shell / powershell that should help. One huge bug with the current model is that "ping -t 1.2.3.4" can't be halted and will keep running even after the agent is stopped. To summarize, the Windows terminal needs more work.

scottalanmiller

@Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller On Windows terminal currently launches within the MeshAgent process and causes a bunch of issues. Bryan who works on the agent will be looking into spawning a separate process for the terminal shell / powershell that should help. One huge bug with the current model is that "ping -t 1.2.3.4" can't be halted and will keep running even after the agent is stopped. To summarize, the Windows terminal needs more work.

LOL, cool. Thanks for the heads up

Scott

When connected to a Windows or Linux computer (have not tried on Mac) and the machine's public IP address changes I can no longer connect to desktop, terminal, files, etc. however the machine still shows up on MC as powered on, so there is some connection, yes?
How do we handle this if a remote machine has its IP address change? Such as a laptop going to a different location, or in my testing, changing address with a VPN.

black3dynamite

@Scott said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

When connected to a Windows or Linux computer (have not tried on Mac) and the machine's public IP address changes I can no longer connect to desktop, terminal, files, etc. however the machine still shows up on MC as powered on, so there is some connection, yes?
How do we handle this if a remote machine has its IP address change? Such as a laptop going to a different location, or in my testing, changing address with a VPN.

MeshCentral should be getting that information from the meshagent.

On my Linux system, meshagent is set to always restart every 3 seconds or at least I think what it means.

scottalanmiller

0.3.2-w out now.

FATeknollogee

How are we to handle LE renewals?
I think it's an auto renew?

scottalanmiller

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

How are we to handle LE renewals?
I think it's an auto renew?

MC does it all for you. Totally automated.

FATeknollogee

Hmm, ok..my MC web console is broken.
I can SSH in but no gui?

scottalanmiller

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

Hmm, ok..my MC web console is broken.
I can SSH in but no gui?

What did you do before that happened?

FATeknollogee

@scottalanmiller Nothing, I hadn't logged in since Tues/Weds.

scottalanmiller

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller Nothing, I hadn't logged in since Tues/Weds.

Try restarting it I guess. Any errors?

FATeknollogee

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller Nothing, I hadn't logged in since Tues/Weds.

Try restarting it I guess. Any errors?

I've tried twice. It restarts with no errors.

scottalanmiller

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller Nothing, I hadn't logged in since Tues/Weds.

Try restarting it I guess. Any errors?

I've tried twice. It restarts with no errors.

And when you go to the web page, it is just blank?

FATeknollogee

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller Nothing, I hadn't logged in since Tues/Weds.

Try restarting it I guess. Any errors?

I've tried twice. It restarts with no errors.

And when you go to the web page, it is just blank?

Site can't be reached.
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

scottalanmiller

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller Nothing, I hadn't logged in since Tues/Weds.

Try restarting it I guess. Any errors?

I've tried twice. It restarts with no errors.

And when you go to the web page, it is just blank?

Site can't be reached.
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Check your firewall, that suggests that it might be up.

FATeknollogee

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller Nothing, I hadn't logged in since Tues/Weds.

Try restarting it I guess. Any errors?

I've tried twice. It restarts with no errors.

And when you go to the web page, it is just blank?

Site can't be reached.
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Check your firewall, that suggests that it might be up.

I've checked in 3 different locations all w diff. firewalls, same result.

dafyre

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller Nothing, I hadn't logged in since Tues/Weds.

Try restarting it I guess. Any errors?

I've tried twice. It restarts with no errors.

And when you go to the web page, it is just blank?

Site can't be reached.
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Check your firewall, that suggests that it might be up.

I've checked in 3 different locations all w diff. firewalls, same result.

What is your base OS?

If it's Fedora, did you forget to firewall-cmd --permanent?

FATeknollogee

@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller Nothing, I hadn't logged in since Tues/Weds.

Try restarting it I guess. Any errors?

I've tried twice. It restarts with no errors.

And when you go to the web page, it is just blank?

Site can't be reached.
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Check your firewall, that suggests that it might be up.

I've checked in 3 different locations all w diff. firewalls, same result.

What is your base OS?

If it's Fedora, did you forget to firewall-cmd --permanent?

Base o/s is Fedora.
I'l check firewall, I doubt that's it. This thing has been working for the past month.

dafyre

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller Nothing, I hadn't logged in since Tues/Weds.

Try restarting it I guess. Any errors?

I've tried twice. It restarts with no errors.

And when you go to the web page, it is just blank?

Site can't be reached.
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Check your firewall, that suggests that it might be up.

I've checked in 3 different locations all w diff. firewalls, same result.

What is your base OS?

If it's Fedora, did you forget to firewall-cmd --permanent?

Base o/s is Fedora.
I'l check firewall, I doubt that's it. This thing has been working for the past month.

What happens if you start meshcentral by hand?

FATeknollogee

@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller Nothing, I hadn't logged in since Tues/Weds.

Try restarting it I guess. Any errors?

I've tried twice. It restarts with no errors.

And when you go to the web page, it is just blank?

Site can't be reached.
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Check your firewall, that suggests that it might be up.

I've checked in 3 different locations all w diff. firewalls, same result.

What is your base OS?

If it's Fedora, did you forget to firewall-cmd --permanent?

Base o/s is Fedora.
I'l check firewall, I doubt that's it. This thing has been working for the past month.

What happens if you start meshcentral by hand?

How?