Does anyone have a TightVNC guide for business use?
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Meraki is definitely good for this.
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@coliver It is what we are doing now, but I hate the performance of the Meraki remote system.
I'm likely foolishly assuming that something built would perform better.
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@DustinB3403 said in Does anyone have a TightVNC guide for business use?:
@coliver It is what we are doing now, but I hate the performance of the Meraki remote system.
I'm likely foolishly assuming that something built would perform better.
@DustinB3403 said in Does anyone have a TightVNC guide for business use?:
@coliver It is what we are doing now, but I hate the performance of the Meraki remote system.
I'm likely foolishly assuming that something built would perform better.
Seems VERY fast for me. Everything shows up instantly, last time that I used it.
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@DustinB3403 said in Does anyone have a TightVNC guide for business use?:
@coliver It is what we are doing now, but I hate the performance of the Meraki remote system.
I'm likely foolishly assuming that something built would perform better.
What issues are you seeing? I had issues with multi-monitor computers with different resolution monitors where the mouse would be offset and hard to use, keyboard shortcuts worked here for the most part, other then that not much else.
That being said Meraki uses VNC as their backend for remote access so any issues you are seeing with Meraki might carry over to your local VNC solution.
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Just very slow response times from the client to the console.
It can take 10 seconds to just open explorer. It's usable, but it kills me. I'm used to "Now" not "Click and wait"
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@DustinB3403 said in Does anyone have a TightVNC guide for business use?:
Just very slow response times from the client to the console.
It can take 10 seconds to just open explorer. It's usable, but it kills me. I'm used to "Now" not "Click and wait"
Huh... never had that issue and we had users in California and Texas. Unless they were mobile or on a hotel wireless system I never had much of any lag.
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@DustinB3403 said in Does anyone have a TightVNC guide for business use?:
Just very slow response times from the client to the console.
It can take 10 seconds to just open explorer. It's usable, but it kills me. I'm used to "Now" not "Click and wait"
I stopped using it because of this. It's very clunky.
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but we are just talking about seeing if the light is green or not, right? No need to connect?
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@DustinB3403 Just install the server on all your PC and use the view. It's pretty straight forward.
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@scottalanmiller No if I'm looking to see if a computer is online, I need to connect to it more than likely.
Either to push software or troubleshoot something.
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@scottalanmiller said in Does anyone have a TightVNC guide for business use?:
but we are just talking about seeing if the light is green or not, right? No need to connect?
He wants to use the remote access feature as well.
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@aaronstuder How do you manage the connections?
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I still say take a look at Screenconnect. It may be what you need for this.
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@DustinB3403 Well, you can just use the viewer. Remote Desktop Manager works well.
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@coliver Is there a limit on the number of devices a single tech can manage (not concurrently)
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@DustinB3403 said in Does anyone have a TightVNC guide for business use?:
@coliver Is there a limit on the number of devices a single tech can manage (not concurrently)
Yes - 1 licence is 1 connection but you can have thousands of computers no problem.
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@DustinB3403 said in Does anyone have a TightVNC guide for business use?:
@coliver Is there a limit on the number of devices a single tech can manage (not concurrently)
Not that I am aware of @Minion-Queen and I think @JaredBusch both use it. They may know better. Oh hmmm, it looks like their pricing has changed since I last looked at it.
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@aaronstuder So $40/year (or whatever it is) to be able to run a single connection at a time.
But to an unlimited number of devices in my org? Or is there a device limit as well?
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@coliver said in Does anyone have a TightVNC guide for business use?:
Screenconnect. I know that's not the answer you're looking for but the amount of time and effort you are going to spend getting TightVNC working will easily offset the price of Screenconnect. I think @Minion-Queen can get you pricing on it if necessary.
Agreed. VNC just isn't that great and tends to break. Some sort of remote access tool is much better and you can help users when they are out of the office as well.
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@DustinB3403 said in Does anyone have a TightVNC guide for business use?:
@aaronstuder So $40/year (or whatever it is) to be able to run a single connection at a time.
But to an unlimited number of devices in my org? Or is there a device limit as well?
You looking at the cloud option @coliver is taking about the hosted version.
