hi, all:
i would like to set up a remote desktop on my parents’ laptop so that i can control it remotely (save the pain for forever explanations). what should i go for? vnc tunnel through ssh? freenx? what else is out there?
i don’t need anything fancy, just something reliable, secure.
thanks.
_dave
On Tue 05 Aug 2014 06:26:01 PM CDT, ipfreak wrote:
hi, all:
i would like to set up a remote desktop on my parents’ laptop so that i
can control it remotely (save the pain for forever explanations). what
should i go for? vnc tunnel through ssh? freenx? what else is out there?
i don’t need anything fancy, just something reliable, secure.
thanks.
_dave
Hi
Unless you want to fluff around with port forwarding on their router,
setting up something to know their remote ip address, then would
suggest teamviewer.
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+1 to Malcolm’s suggestion re TeamViewer
However, if you want to consider VNC, then read on
https://activedoc.opensuse.org/book/opensuse-reference/chapter-5-remote-access-with-vnc
thanks.
so this teamviewer is kind similar webex/securemeeting? so once it is set up in both ends, those session IDs and the corresponding passwords would be same all the time? btw, for session IDs/passwords, both web/securemeeting change for each session. it would not work in my scenario.
i can’t have something that have to be started on remote side. at most i could expect the 80 years to turn the computer on, or click mouse under my instructions.
_dave
thanks for the tips.
since i have firewalls in between. do i have to create port forwarding for ssh or vnc? or maybe both ports?
_dave
Yes, you will need to if you go those routes. 
thanks. port forwarding for ssh only? or port forwarding for both ports?