[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Free unattended remote control recommendation
Drew King
dking65 at kingconsulting.us
Fri Jan 14 19:03:00 PST 2022
Bob,
The potpourri meetings are a group of people presenting for one meeting?
I'd be up for that. It would be great if there were one Mac user with
Ethernet at home to talk to waking up a Mac remotely. Linux can wake up
too if the hardware supports it. Are there any potential Linux users
with wake on LAN compatible hardware? A meeting that covers all three
angles might work.
If a Windows computer that you want to remote into goes to sleep because
it's set that way by default then there is a good reason to know how to
wake up a computer remotely so you can initiate whatever remote access
software you choose to use. I would imagine that none of the free remote
control software programs allow you to remotely wake the computer.
I imagine it's comforting when traveling to know you can use your cell
to wake up your computer when you're away.
What I would do (Will do as a test just to know I can.) is first choose
a remote desktop program that can auto-start when the computer boots and
not require the user be logged in first. Then, see if I can make it work
with my current hardware.
Google Remote Desktop meets these requirements. It requires the Google
browser on the host, which I use anyway.
Next, gain access to my home network router via Open VPN on my cell
phone. I'm pretty certain if port forwarding is turned on in advance you
don't need to be VPN into the local network.
Then, run a wake up app on my cell. There are several to choose from.
I just discovered a few minutes ago that Teamviewer supports wake on LAN
inside it's remote access product!! I looked for it on my computer but
couldn't find it.
*ALSO: Teammviewer is a great remote control app that is free for
personal use.*
"You can turn on a sleeping or powered-off computer using
TeamViewer’s Wake-on-LAN
<https://www.teamviewer.com/en/info/wake-on-lan/> feature. This means
you can control an offline computer remotely by waking it up
first before you establish a connection to it.
You can initiate the wake-up request from another Windows or Mac
computer, or even from an Android or iOS device running the TeamViewer
Remote Control app.
📌*Note*: It’s not possible to wake up a Mac computer that is fully
powered down, as Apple doesn’t allow this. Macs can only be woken up
from sleep mode. Windows and Linux PCs, however, can be woken up from
sleep and hibernation mode as well as being fully powered down, so long
as the hardware supports this. "
Drew.
On 1/14/2022 11:01 AM, Robert Primak wrote:
> So how do you set up the remote PC (at home in FL) to wake up for a
> session, then go back to sleep or turn almost all the way off, to
> conserve components and power?
>
> Is there enough interest in our group for a presentation on this
> subject? (Potpourri or longer?)
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
> On Thursday, January 13, 2022, 09:53:30 PM EST, Drew King
> <dking65 at kingconsulting.us> wrote:
>
>
> I feel confident about this free one I just used.
>
> https://remotedesktop.google.com <https://remotedesktop.google.com>
>
> There is a small program that gets installed on your host computer and
> the remote is handled via browser. You must be logged into your google
> account to use the software. Both computers are authenticated via google.
>
> Completely free.
>
>
> Drew.
>
> On 1/13/2022 9:45 PM, bhff02 at aol.com <mailto:bhff02 at aol.com> wrote:
>> Has anyone vetted these "free" remote programs?
>> Check out this article
>> https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/disable-remote-desktop
>> <https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/disable-remote-desktop>
>> Free or not, how do you know whether they are secure?
>>
>> Barry Hass
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Steve Isenberg <smisenberg at gmail.com> <mailto:smisenberg at gmail.com>
>> To: Drew King <dking65 at kingconsulting.us>
>> <mailto:dking65 at kingconsulting.us>
>> Cc: Lex Computer Group <lctg at lists.toku.us> <mailto:lctg at lists.toku.us>
>> Sent: Thu, Jan 13, 2022 8:54 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Free unattended remote
>> control recommendation
>>
>> I've used AnyDesk. https://anydesk.com/en <https://anydesk.com/en>
>> Free for personal use.
>> -steve
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 8:42 PM Drew King <dking65 at kingconsulting.us
>> <mailto:dking65 at kingconsulting.us>> wrote:
>>
>> All,
>>
>> Its been years since the last time I have used any kind of
>> unattended
>> remote control. The last one I used doesn't offer a free product
>> anymore.
>>
>>
>> I have a friend traveling from New York to Florida in a few weeks
>> and he
>> needs to only for one week be able to remote into his computer at
>> home
>> without having somebody there to accept the inbound host connection.
>>
>> What would be the most reliable choice that's free that would let
>> him
>> remote into home from my computer here in Florida?
>>
>> I found this list of more than 10 products only it's better to learn
>> from somebody who uses a program their happy with.
>>
>> https://www.lifewire.com/free-remote-access-software-tools-2625161
>> <https://www.lifewire.com/free-remote-access-software-tools-2625161>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Drew.
>>
>>
>>
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