Faster, more stable alternative to VNC?

[BatmanNate]

Hi,

I'm looking for a faster, more stable alternative to VNC to remotely adminstrate a Win2k Server machine from a WinXP Pro machine. Terminal services was nice, but no longer works on the 2k machine because of some liscensing business. Any suggestions?

 

[GhettoFob]

TightVNC

 

[SaigonK]

I dont really like TightVNC, no different than VNC in my opinion.
RealVNC is pretty stable, but if you are looking for an alternative to quit havinh to screen refresh all the time then install Terminal sevices. 🙂

Another app that is pretty cool..VNC Admin Console.
Don;t have the url, but if you have a ton of systems you administer with VNC, it keeps them all in a databse and lists them out for you so you dont have to remember every system IP/HOSTNAME or password.

 

[Nothinman]

I've never had stability issues with VNC, but yes it can be bandwidth hungry. As GhettoFob said, TightVNC is a more effecient version of VNC.

 

[BatmanNate]

I'm using Real VNC right now, and it crashes on the server side pretty frequently. I would like to use terminal services, but it gives me a bunch of BS about setting up a liscensing server or some such thing. The server is a Proliant 5000 Quad PPro, and it running 2k Server SP3.

 

[networkman]

I use TightVNC on all of my rigs here at home(15 and counting) on both Win98SE and Win2K - no issues whatsoever now that all the rigs are on 10/100 switches; I had a few problems when a couple were on a hub but none since. Oh, I should also mention that each of my rigs is configured with a static IP as I did have a few problems with DHCP. 😉

 

[SaigonK]

You dont need to setup a license server for Terminal services unless you are going to use it in application mode.
If you use it in administrative mode you get 2 connections per server free.

 

[ajskydiver]

Try Remote Administrator. It works very well for me.

~AJ

 

[QueHuong]

I heard good things about UltraVNC.

 

[Tallgeese]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
I would like to use terminal services, but it gives me a bunch of BS about setting up a liscensing server or some such thing.

Install Terminal Services in Remote Administration mode, not Application Server mode. No License server required then, with up to 2 simultaneous admin connections possible.

 

[tart666]

Can everything be administered with a CLI on 2k? Perhaps that's all you need, no?

 

[BatmanNate]

Thanks Tallgeese, that worked. I don't know why it was installed in the application server mode, the only thing I use it for is controlling the FTP server. (I need the GUI on that for monitoring purposes, hence no CLI will work)


I also discovered the root of the RealVNC problem. Everytime I received one of those ridiculous Windows Messenger spams, it would kill VNC's administrator. I killed the windows messenger process, so no more of that problem either. W00t. Thanks for all of the help, guys!

 

[glugglug]

I also discovered the root of the RealVNC problem. Everytime I received one of those ridiculous Windows Messenger spams, it would kill VNC's administrator. I killed the windows messenger process, so no more of that problem either. W00t. Thanks for all of the help, guys!

In order to be receiving Windows Messenger spams you must not be behind a firewall (or the firewall has netbios ports open.

Windows with netbios accessable through the internet = hacked for sure.

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: glugglug

I also discovered the root of the RealVNC problem. Everytime I received one of those ridiculous Windows Messenger spams, it would kill VNC's administrator. I killed the windows messenger process, so no more of that problem either. W00t. Thanks for all of the help, guys!

In order to be receiving Windows Messenger spams you must not be behind a firewall (or the firewall has netbios ports open.

Windows with netbios accessable through the internet = hacked for sure.

This is the NAT machine, so it's obviously not behind anything.