Alternative to Teamviewer

[dobbyit]

Is there another remote program I can use apart from teamviewer on my pc as it keeps saying teamviewer is being used commercially, i would like to access my work pc from home to get used to the network system and eventually do updates at night time

[mavhc]

Set up VPN, then RDP. What firewall are you using?

[dobbyit]

Set up VPN, then RDP. What firewall are you using?

 

we using RMUnify firewall, not sure how to set up VPN

[6Foot2]

Link 1: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/enterprise-software/206480-free-affordable-alternatives-teamviewer.html

 

Link 2: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/how-do-you-do/171995-best-alternative-teamviewer.html

[ITGURU]

Setup Windows Server with RRAS - can VPN in on Port 443 if you have restrictive firewalls, then RDP into any system you wish!

[SpuffMonkey]

Yeah - mine too - looks like that side is being discretely withdrawn.

I've gone to AnyDesk - seems to work OK and its got an Android app for my tablet too - works well

[ITGURU]

android have an sstp app and remote desktop which I use for remote access. works every time with Windows server. can vpn in and access any of the vlan devices by their ip

[Steven_Cleaver]

Try RemotePC https://www.remotepc.com/ been using for a couple of months just gone company wide with it. "Simples" used VNC, Teamviewer, RDP, VPN and Logmein before but to be honest prefer RemotePC. Has IOS and Android Apps etc. Secure Key. Edited June 8, 2019 by Steven_Cleaver

[mavhc]

Would you really trust those remote connection apps? Anyone in those companies could connect to your computer

[fredbayker]

Would you really trust those remote connection apps? Anyone in those companies could connect to your computer

 

Thing is, I want direct access to my PC rather than having to VPN to a server and then RDP to my PC.

Can this be done easily with built-in services on a windows 10 machine? I’m not so sure

[mavhc]

Either your PC makes a connection out, or your remote computer makes a connection in.

 

If you can change your firewall settings:

1. Setup firewall to enable your remote IP to connect to your internal IP, and use RDP

2. Setup firewall to enable VPN

 

If you can't:

3. Setup PC to connect to 3rd party, who you then connect to

4. Setup a reverse connection to your own remote computer

 

Main question is security, who do you trust, how good are your passwords, are you installing updates.

 

Limit exposure to hackers with 1) IP limits, only allow your remote IP to connect, 2) layers, RDP+VPN, 3) picking a 3rd party who've never had security issues, 4) only connecting to one remote computer that only you can access.

[mavhc]

Also worth looking at https://www.wireguard.com/install/ Windows build is pre-alpha

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WireGuard simple, modern.

[Daaood]

connect wise

[Duke5A]

I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I've used this in the past: https://guacamole.apache.org/

 

It's an RDP gateway that is HTML5 based, so a web browser is all that is needed to connect. It's pretty slick and works great on mobile devices.

[mikeprice]

Just to add something else - I was recently asked to look at CloudBerry backup - which seems OK

 

They also do a remote access thingy along the same lines as Team viewer which seems like it pretty good

 

I have been using it to access my home PC from the museum where I help out - bit backwards but anyway

[prestech]

Hi

 

I have installed Anydesk on a computer and a laptop and they work fine when they are at work but from home the laptop throws up error messages

 

Unable to initialize AnyDesk. Please contact [email protected] if you see this error. OS: Windows 10, Mode: front Could not determine the user data directory (0x80070035). Could not determine the user data directory (0x80070035). Could not create app dir. Giving up.

 

any ideas

[6Foot2]

Before leaving work last year I had Chrome Remote Desktop connecting to my office computer from home or at work.

 

Could that be your solution?