Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect
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6.1.7601
Windows 7
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0.3.6-k; agent installed via the invite function.
Client shows agent connected; 7 Day power state for 6/12/2019 shows connected 12:00:00 to 09:14:42am (it is now 12:18pm).
Connecting to desktop sometimes proceeds and says Connected, but no image is displayed; sometimes attempting to connect to desktop states "Setup..." and no image is displayed. Same with Terminal and Files: either says Connected or Setup... yet nothing connects.
For those using this in production to service clients, is there some secret here to get this to work consistently?
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@Scott said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
0.3.6-k; agent installed via the invite function.
Client shows agent connected; 7 Day power state for 6/12/2019 shows connected 12:00:00 to 09:14:42am (it is now 12:18pm).
Connecting to desktop sometimes proceeds and says Connected, but no image is displayed; sometimes attempting to connect to desktop states "Setup..." and no image is displayed. Same with Terminal and Files: either says Connected or Setup... yet nothing connects.
For those using this in production to service clients, is there some secret here to get this to work consistently?
It's been too random for me. It works fine when connecting to Linux systems.
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I was wondering if it is me. I have heard great things about this from people using it to service clients and who are switching from other remote access solutions, but I find it too random for me to use.
When it works, it's great.
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@Scott said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
I was wondering if it is me. I have heard great things about this from people using it to service clients and who are switching from other remote access solutions, but I find it too random for me to use.
When it works, it's great.
In our case, we almost always control the environments that it is going into. So things like AV problems don't arise for us.
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@scottalanmiller I get this, sometimes you may not be able to change the current A/V solution they are using though. This is still an issue.
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Starting with MeshCentral v0.3.6-m, both the 32bit and 64bit MeshAgents should no longer report as a problem with any anti-virus. Both get a perfect score on virustotal.com. Update your server and you should be fine.
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Quick note that MeshCentral v0.3.6-n just got published with remote user consent support for remote desktop, terminal and file access. The remote user prompt will work on Windows, MacOS and many Linux distributions. This is a much improved MeshAgent, so lots of fixes. Enjoy and of course, feedback appreciated.
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@Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Quick note that MeshCentral v0.3.6-n just got published with remote user consent support for remote desktop, terminal and file access. The remote user prompt will work on Windows, MacOS and many Linux distributions. This is a much improved MeshAgent, so lots of fixes. Enjoy and of course, feedback appreciated.
Awesome.
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@Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Quick note that MeshCentral v0.3.6-n just got published with remote user consent support for remote desktop, terminal and file access. The remote user prompt will work on Windows, MacOS and many Linux distributions. This is a much improved MeshAgent, so lots of fixes. Enjoy and of course, feedback appreciated.
Excellent work.
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@Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Starting with MeshCentral v0.3.6-m, both the 32bit and 64bit MeshAgents should no longer report as a problem with any anti-virus. Both get a perfect score on virustotal.com. Update your server and you should be fine.
Awesome work, as always.
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@StuartJordan said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller I get this, sometimes you may not be able to change the current A/V solution they are using though. This is still an issue.
Oh its an issue, just critical to understand where the issue is. Broken AV needs to be recognized as broken AV.
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0.3.7-h .... we just updated to here.
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@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
0.3.7-h .... we just updated to here.
And now 0.3.7-k. Being this far off of the time zone than the team makes updating MC easier, at least.
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Just posted a blog on the latest MeshCentral2 improvements. Added FreeBSD support, Puppy Linux support, Account creation invitation Email, Notification control and API Tracing.
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@Ylian Awesome, about to check it out.
Top on our list.... group security for access to host groups. We need to be able to put users into groups, and assign groups to things. I see the underpinnings of that started, so hoping it comes soon. You don't have to be very big before user management is a nightmare otherwise.
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@scottalanmiller I put in a github issue on this a while ago.
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The groups have appeared, but you can't assign them, yet.
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Published MeshCentral v0.3.8-n with PowerShell support in the Terminal. For Windows computers, right click on the terminal "Connect" button and select "PowerShell connect".
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@JaredBusch @scottalanmiller Yes, user groups of that form would be useful. Got lots going on right now.
