I spent quite some time trying to get VNC working between my laptop and desktop. Didn’t work. Actually I didn’t spent that much time but with only about 40 minutes to set something up I opted for the Remote Desktop tool that is built in to Windows XP. And it actually worked.
The next step was to get it working in the wider world. IE, configuring my firewall and port blocking to allow the connections. After that step was done all I needed now was something to deal with the possibility of a dynamic IP address. Luckily NO-IP Duc came to the rescue combined with a scheuled task to run the application even if I wasn’t logged on at 8 am, 1 pm and 6 pm every day.
So I got home and tried to test it – it actually worked! The frame rate is of course aweful but that is to be expected. The point is I can log in and access all my stuff which I did last night when I needed to check something and I can even stream music and stuff over it by opening up media player on my desktop and playing whatever. Awesome.
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