Running MC from remote location.

[?Mark]

Any suggestions on how to accomplish this in a safe, secure, easy and quick way?

Did I mention an easy as well ?

I'll be gone for 4 weeks on an extended vacation, and my boss is already worried.

I'll have an access to a fast internet abroad in several places, and need suggestions on how to hook up to my work computer and run mc and post programs within it.

We have a usb hasp (not a network one)

 

Thanks

[Ocean Lacky™]

I think you'll need a nethasp.

[mcpgmr]

You could use VNC. Not sure how well the performance will be but I believe it will work without any changes made except loading VNC on both machines. HTH!

[Andy]

What about PC Anywhere?

[htm01]

i use gotomypc https://www.gotomypc.com/en_US/entry.tmpl?_...ion=rgoto&_sf=2 works great from anywhere with a internet connection.you can do anything on your work computer.with cable its almost like being there

[Storkman]

You would have to allow firewall access first.

 

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What about PC Anywhere?

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XP has it's own remote desktop that works much better than PCAnywhere. But as I said, you need to allow the connection through the firewall.

[?Mark]

Will I be able to actually use MC that way?

Has anyone tried this before with success?

Thanks for the comments, keep them coming

[Storkman]

You should. (Never tried it with MC). But it is just like running your computer from your desk. Just VPN tunnel to your pc and logon. It will come up with your desktop.

[Müřlıń®]

I have run MC from gotomypc.com......works good.

 

You need a hasp on the one you are running by remote...

[VBJB]

I use remote desktop a lot at my job. My experience with CAD is it runs very slow on a remote desktop session. It felt like it took forever to get anything done. It's not going to be as fluid as working local.

 

When I work with CAD at home, I bring my hasp home.

[?Mark]

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You need a hasp though.

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At which location Murlin?

[Müřlıń®]

On the one running Mastercam. I am not sure how net haps work, if they will read through the internet or not someone will have to answer that one.

 

I used gotomypc.com to show a guy how to do some things on his system and he had his hasp on.

 

Like others have said though, latency will affect you when you work so it may be a little sluggish.

 

I had a high speed-broadband connect and it was only lagged a little.

[?Mark]

Murlin, I'll have access to broadband at all locations I will be visiting. I'm connecting with them thru skype with video on and the connection is quite good.

VBJB, what remote access did you use?

Which way do you guys recommend, "go to my pc" or remote access that comes with win XP ?

Any comments from CNC Software or In-House?

 

Thanks

 

Edit: I don't have a net hasp.

[Storkman]

Murlin, is your work pc on an internal windows domain with a hardware firewall or just one pc connected to the internet like a home pc?

[htm01]

gotomy pc was very easy to set up and and you can access from any pc with internet, i use it at home from xp ,windows me and even a win98 it got through fire wall without having to go through IT guy

[?Mark]

htm01 ,

Does it work well with MC?

[Mark V.]

Thats why we use gotomy pc here is the firewall issues.

[htm01]

its close to being at work,you are running the work comp. so the one your on is just showing graphics. try the free trial

[htm01]

i can access anything that i would when i'm at work. i fix a program,post it and send it over the network to the shop computer.it also has file transfer

[YoDoug®]

I use XP vnc to connect to a PC at our production facility to access JobBoss. Works ok for limited use, not as fast as using the actual PC.

 

It seems hard these days to just leave and forget about work for some vacation time.

 

I had one job that every time I was gone the boss wanted to be able to get a hold of me. Then it seemed like they called everyday I was gone. Then the night shift guys would call every night with problems. Finally I Started keeping track of the time I helped remotely and turned it in as overtime. After that the boss told told everyone to stop calling me because it was costing too much.

[Müřlıń®]

Mark I was just given a password and username on a guys gotomypc.comm account and acessed the remote pc from work to his location.

 

You could run MC in Russia or China over the internet.

 

It is pretty cool.

 

When you hook up you get a gotomypc window as the base window.

 

You can then run any app on that pc and access all its shared folders.

 

 

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Murlin, is your work pc on an internal windows domain with a hardware firewall or just one pc connected to the internet like a home pc?

 

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Just like a home PC. But it is hooked up to a network router here at work.

 

We have them all networked together with all the pc's out in the shop that hold all the programs for the machines out on the floor.

 

The internet is comming to one Sun box.

[VBJB]

"VBJB, what remote access did you use?"

 

I use Remote Desktop that comes with XP. Everything else I run, besides CAD, is very responsive. It's just CAD is very intensive as far as bandwidth.

[Storkman]

A monthly charge for gotomypc???

 

Wouldn't it be cheaper to allow a VPN through the firewall and run remote desktop for FREE???

[htm01]

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Wouldn't it be cheaper to allow a VPN through the firewall and run remote desktop for FREE???

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not with the IT we have. the co pays for it, and i can use "any computer anywhere"

[Müřlıń®]

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A monthly charge for gotomypc???

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Ya, if memory serves it was a couple hundred dollars a year to be able to remote a couple PC's.

 

And I could be on a cruise ship in the cyber cafe' and remote a puter...