[Cialug] Remote work

[Scott Yates]

I can also vouch for Chrome Remote Desktop.  If you don't mind the Google
ecosystem, it is very good.

Side note, I use NeoRouter Pro to set up my own private VPN around
different machines.  It is inexpensive and easy to set up.
They have a completely free version as well, and it runs on basically
everything.  Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, IOS and Android.
This is all the long way around mentioning that it has been stable and fast
for remote access for years now.
The licence (if you want the pro version) is a one time purchase.
You can do a subscription as well if you want them to host things.

I self-host the pro version as it does ACL and firewalling, but the free
version is very good too.
http://www.neorouter.com/compare

With this set up, you can just do a direct Windows remote desktop, an ssh
session, or whatever you would normally do on your local network, but do it
more securely over the internet.

This is all the long way around mentioning that it has been stable and fast
for remote access for years now.

One final note: There are completely open source ways to do this.  I just
like the interface they have put around it, the NAT traversal that it uses,
and the price is reasonable.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 11:01 AM Jared Brees <fromj2sitsme at msn.com> wrote:

> Chrome Remote Desktop is a favorite of mine. Or just a reverse SSH
> tunnel....
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> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Remote work
>
> LogMeIn, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Cisco Webex have all announced various
> upgrades to their free plans. Not sure if that's what you need. Apache
> Guacamole is a way to provide secure remote access to systems without a VPN
> although I've found it to be a bit troublesome.
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 10:45 AM L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>
> > Had a call this AM from someone that wanted to take their computer home
> to
> > work, .. I had to explain that is not possible (they have no VPN setup).
> >
> > TeamViewer bitches if you use their free login longer than their "free"
> > allowance (who knows what that is, of course), .. is anyone aware of
> > another service that has agreed to be free during this home lockin?
> >
> >         Thanks!
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