Remote PC control

**Nakedboy** · April 28th, 2004, 11:01 AM

Currently I am using Gotomypc.com for remote control of my home pc. This has worked great, but it does cost me about $20 a month. Does anyone know of any other program I can use to take control of my home pc? PCAnywhere is good, but since I don't have a static IP, I never know what to connect too when I am away from home. If I had a static IP, I could use VNC or something along those lines.

Anyone have any ideas on what I can use?

**cyberhh** · April 28th, 2004, 11:12 AM

1. You could use Dynamic DNS (ZoneEdit) to assign a DNS name to your DHCP address at home. It has a program that automatically updates the DNS record on a schedule an then you can access your machine via hostname.

2. Create a windows script that polls your pc's ip address and emails it to you daily. This would allow you to track your ip address daily.

**3FS** · April 28th, 2004, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by cyberhh

2. Create a windows script that polls your pc's ip address and emails it to you daily. This would allow you to track your ip address daily.

I used to do something similar with my server at work. I set up server pc to check email frequenlty, then setup a simple little email rule that when I emailed with a certain string of text in the subject (ie- IP Check), it would reply with a preset email. Then, I would simply check the IP address in the headers of the email I had received.

**craigmodius** · April 28th, 2004, 05:38 PM

no-ip.com free and easy, check their downloads.

couple that with PC Anywhere, or VNC or whatever.

This is the No-IP.com Dynamic DNS update client page. We offer these clients for you to download free of charge. The clients are available for Linux/Unix, MacOS, and Windows.

When configured correctly, the client will check your IP address at a given time interval checking to see if your IP has changed. If your IP address has changed it will notify our dns servers and update the IP corresponding to your No-IP/No-IP+ hostname.

NOTE: You must add hostnames on the website first before you can have the updater update them.

**Gollo** · April 28th, 2004, 06:02 PM

vnc will work on any os you are running but if your running xp pro I recommend you use the remote desktop feature. Very fast and it allows you to map printers and drives of the machine you are physically on.

**PolderTech** · April 29th, 2004, 04:06 AM

You can try Radmin. At www.radmin.com you can download a 30 day trail version. Unlike VNC it refreshes the screen better.

Regards.

**gazzak** · May 11th, 2004, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by craigmodius

no-ip.com free and easy, check their downloads.

couple that with PC Anywhere, or VNC or whatever.

That's exactly what I use with PCAnywhere. I go from work to home, home to work etc and it works fantastic!!

**mike111** · May 20th, 2004, 03:00 PM

i know i have seen this before where you can use dyndns.org to keep your ip up to date but im still not sure how it works.. i currently have no domain but i would like to know how to set this up so i can locate my home pcs ip address.. ill probably end up adding a server box if i cant figure out another way but for now i would like to avoid that!!

**mike111** · May 10th, 2004, 04:30 PM

good remote application free and easy to configure and use is http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
Ultr@ VNC file transfer and remote desktop administration!!
ive tried it a few times and im about to start clients out with it
and actually if anyone has any cons to this application please post!!