VNC through network

[irsmart]

Hello,

Is there any way to share a screen (using remote control, vnc or vnc-like-thing) across a LAN? Without going through the internet? Both computers (XP and Vista) are connected to the wireless router, so is there any way to establish a fast screen control over the network (for free)?

Thanks

 

[tlarkin]

Hello,

Is there any way to share a screen (using remote control, vnc or vnc-like-thing) across a LAN? Without going through the internet? Both computers (XP and Vista) are connected to the wireless router, so is there any way to establish a fast screen control over the network (for free)?

Thanks

Yes, just set up the application on both systems and use the local IP of the machines to connect to it. You may have to set up an account for remote desktop (or VNC or the like) but yes it is easy.

 

[brian]

realvnc is a free vnc server, it should work for what you want it to do.

 

[irsmart]

How do I get my local IP address? Is it in ipconfig?

Thanks

 

[Geoff]

How do I get my local IP address? Is it in ipconfig?

Thanks

Yes, you can enter ipconfig /all to get the local IP's for all of your network adapters from within the command prompt (Windows-based OS's)

 

[tlarkin]

You will still have to route (or forward) that port to that specific computer by IP address. You will have to do some router configurations to make it work from outside the internet.

Or

You can just use logmein.com which is all over port 443 (HTTPS) and is software client based.

 

[diroga]

do you mean this? http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_remote_desktop_software