Synergy is f'ing sweeeeeet

[Mo0o]

Anyone try this? I just set up my wireless for my laptop so now I'm running Synergy on my dualies + laptop, essentially giving me 3 monitors. this is so awesome

http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

 

[AsianriceX]

Hell yes.

Unfortunately for me though, I'm running a MacBook Pro and a Vista desktop. I shouldn't run Synergy over the network since it's vulnerable to packet sniffing and everything is in cleartext. I was going to do a private network over Firewire, but stupid Microsoft killed Firewire over IP in Vista.

I tried doing a PAN over bluetooth, but the MBP doesn't support it with other computers, only phones.

I then tried an ad-hoc network with WPA2, but the MBP doesn't support WPA2 with ad-hoc, only WEP.

I basically got screwed, sucked it up, and now I type passwords directly on the laptop

 

[blurredvision]

Read about this in the one of the last couple PC Mag's. Sounds like a great program.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: AsianriceX
Hell yes.

Unfortunately for me though, I'm running a MacBook Pro and a Vista desktop. I shouldn't run Synergy over the network since it's vulnerable to packet sniffing and everything is in cleartext. I was going to do a private network over Firewire, but stupid Microsoft killed Firewire over IP in Vista.

I tried doing a PAN over bluetooth, but the MBP doesn't support it with other computers, only phones.

I then tried an ad-hoc network with WPA2, but the MBP doesn't support WPA2 with ad-hoc, only WEP.

I basically got screwed, sucked it up, and now I type passwords directly on the laptop

oh is this for mac+windows only or can this happen with two windows computers?

 

[xcript]

Yeah, it's awesome. Have been using it for a few years.

Originally posted by: AsianriceX
Unfortunately for me though, I'm running a MacBook Pro and a Vista desktop. I shouldn't run Synergy over the network since it's vulnerable to packet sniffing and everything is in cleartext.

Thought about having the client(s) connect via SSH?

 

[Inspector Jihad]

kewl...gotta check it out...i want to play hl2 on 3 screens.

 

[Staples]

I tried to get it to work a few months ago.

If it was a bit easier to get working, maybe it would be cool but I never got the damn thing to work.

I think a Linux geek wrote it because it is so user unfriendly.

 

[joejld1]

There's another one called Multiplicity
http://www.stardock.com/products/multiplicity/
It's not free but you can drag and drop files (still using the network connection)

 

[0roo0roo]

its alright. multiplicity is not free though.

with multiple cores and dual displays theres less need though. i stopped using it because of that.

 

[AsianriceX]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: AsianriceX
Hell yes.

Unfortunately for me though, I'm running a MacBook Pro and a Vista desktop. I shouldn't run Synergy over the network since it's vulnerable to packet sniffing and everything is in cleartext. I was going to do a private network over Firewire, but stupid Microsoft killed Firewire over IP in Vista.

I tried doing a PAN over bluetooth, but the MBP doesn't support it with other computers, only phones.

I then tried an ad-hoc network with WPA2, but the MBP doesn't support WPA2 with ad-hoc, only WEP.

I basically got screwed, sucked it up, and now I type passwords directly on the laptop

oh is this for mac+windows only or can this happen with two windows computers?

No no, it's for any combination of computers. Win+Win, Mac+Win, Mac+Mac, Linux+Linux, Linux+Win...

 

[ViviTheMage]

neat

 

[AsianriceX]

Originally posted by: xcript
Yeah, it's awesome. Have been using it for a few years.

Originally posted by: AsianriceX
Unfortunately for me though, I'm running a MacBook Pro and a Vista desktop. I shouldn't run Synergy over the network since it's vulnerable to packet sniffing and everything is in cleartext.

Thought about having the client(s) connect via SSH?

I definitely contemplated it, but setting up an SSH server was more configuration than I was willing to deal with.

Cygwin and opensshd on Vista scares me... that and I'm lazy