The_Techie
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Which VNC to use? RealVNC, UltraVNC, TightVNC, etc etc? Which one is best?
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Which VNC?
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Juggy
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Tight VNC is my remote of choice.
Donald Bradbury
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Ultra VNC
Ultra VNC has more features, like the file transfer, although no recover on broken connections, is reliable, chat, and icons to quickerly change properties.
RealVNC viewer does not offer any of the above, but in full screen mode, the window keys are transferred to the host. I would like to see this in Ultra.
The viewers are compatible accross each other, so if I am going to take full control, I use RealVNC, for keyboard shortcuts, but most of the time I use Ultra.
I have not looked at tight as yet.
Ultra VNC has more features, like the file transfer, although no recover on broken connections, is reliable, chat, and icons to quickerly change properties.
RealVNC viewer does not offer any of the above, but in full screen mode, the window keys are transferred to the host. I would like to see this in Ultra.
The viewers are compatible accross each other, so if I am going to take full control, I use RealVNC, for keyboard shortcuts, but most of the time I use Ultra.
I have not looked at tight as yet.
Juggy
Executive Member
As far as I understand it tight is practically standard with encryption. Nice and light as well with no large BW overheads.
mancombseepgood
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UltraVNC
UltraVNC along with hamachi if you want easy secure access across the net. The file transfer option makes it worthwhile.
UltraVNC along with hamachi if you want easy secure access across the net. The file transfer option makes it worthwhile.
CodeMaster
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I use UltraVNC too, mainly for the benefit of file transfers.
You know osx has a pretty decent VNC server built-in as part of remote desktop.
The_Unbeliever
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Prefer ultr@vnc due to the built-in file transfer ability.
But it needs a bit of work especially as the resuming options is a bit confusing after a line drop.
But it needs a bit of work especially as the resuming options is a bit confusing after a line drop.
The_Techie
Resident Techie
Strange that no-one prefers RealVNC... Any particular reason for that?
mancombseepgood
Executive Member
No encryption with free version?
No file transfers with free version?
http://www.realvnc.com/products/features.html
My main reasons...
The_Techie
Resident Techie
Seems that the Enterprise edition is the way to go with RealVNC...
mancombseepgood
Executive Member
Yep $$
The_Techie
Resident Techie
Yeah, but if money wasn't an issue (I wish 
) which one would be the best?
) which one would be the best?
The_Techie
Resident Techie
It's a remote desktop application that allows you to connect to another PC over the network/internet and have full control over that PC (you use your mouse and keyboard as if they were attached to the other PC)
mancombseepgood
Executive Member
Prolly RealVNC cos of the support and ongoing dev.
Donald Bradbury
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Pda
Sorry, forgot about a major advantage with realVNC, it works with Windows Mobile, and so your PDA with wireless LAN functions.
But then again, I use it to link to the host running Ultra server, so get the best of all worlds.
And encryption works on all levels too.
Sorry, forgot about a major advantage with realVNC, it works with Windows Mobile, and so your PDA with wireless LAN functions.
But then again, I use it to link to the host running Ultra server, so get the best of all worlds.
And encryption works on all levels too.