shadowbane
Active Member
i desperately need some advice as to what VNC/Remote Desktop Software is the fastest and best, commercial or freeware.
my current scenario is that i have a client who has an office full of consultants. he is at present establishing a branch in London from which he wants to remotely access his Laptop and together with his consultants and work on the same network. seems simple, and i did hook him up with something called LogMeIn (www.logmein.com). this niftly little piece of software is free and commercially available and very similar to remotely anywhere.
HOWEVER! he is complaining that it is to slow. before "opening" the London branch he work for a UK company with offices in Dubai. they used GoToMyPc. he says it was fabulous and access was speedy and immediate, like working directly on his own PC. Now, i could be wrong but i mentioned that this could have been due to a special connection between the UK office and the Dubai Office.
he has BT 8MB Broadband at the London Office and 512 with 3GB SAIX Account in the SA Office. the network is a normal 7 user peer-to-peer. here i mentioned that due to the 256k upload on the 512 line this can be slow...unfortunately he is frustrated and fairly adament that i should try and find an alternative method.
so, hence my plea for sum more insight into other possible solution to make this easier for him. if not, so be it and at least i can tell him with certainty that no better solution exists, unless upgrading the line to sumthing faster.
my current scenario is that i have a client who has an office full of consultants. he is at present establishing a branch in London from which he wants to remotely access his Laptop and together with his consultants and work on the same network. seems simple, and i did hook him up with something called LogMeIn (www.logmein.com). this niftly little piece of software is free and commercially available and very similar to remotely anywhere.
HOWEVER! he is complaining that it is to slow. before "opening" the London branch he work for a UK company with offices in Dubai. they used GoToMyPc. he says it was fabulous and access was speedy and immediate, like working directly on his own PC. Now, i could be wrong but i mentioned that this could have been due to a special connection between the UK office and the Dubai Office.
he has BT 8MB Broadband at the London Office and 512 with 3GB SAIX Account in the SA Office. the network is a normal 7 user peer-to-peer. here i mentioned that due to the 256k upload on the 512 line this can be slow...unfortunately he is frustrated and fairly adament that i should try and find an alternative method.
so, hence my plea for sum more insight into other possible solution to make this easier for him. if not, so be it and at least i can tell him with certainty that no better solution exists, unless upgrading the line to sumthing faster.
