Remote controlling a server. - Hardware & Software

I need help remote controlling my home server. What is the easiest way to do this? Basically, I'm setting up a server and I'm gonna put it at my friend who has a 100/100 line. What I need is to be able to remotely controll the server in order to fix various shit that my friend has no clue about. What is the easiest way to do this? I've tried RealVNC but it was shitty.. It updated way too slowly and was pretty much impossible to use. Eventhough we are in the same network right now! Any clues?

Use the build in Remote controller? Else Try teamviewer.

ssh

For Windows use Remote Desktop For anything else use UltraVNC.

If you're OK with using a command line, go with SSH for sure.

If it's over the web and it's windows or mac os x, logmein, as it's optimized for the lower speeds, plus it uses a thin client, so you only need a browser.

Well the thing is that 100/10 is rather quick, I got great ping to him right now so when the server is over there I don't see why that would change. UltraVNC you say? What difference is it over RealVNC? Oh and I got micro XP installed, meaning no original remote controll application, I suppose I could go ahead and change but I'd rather keep it. Booting time under 5 seconds (total) with an old amd64 singlecore processor is quite decent.

Teamviewer in my experience is great, I don't see why it couldn't be used for remoting a server, and it's very simple to use. And it's free and avaliable for Windows, Mac and Linux as well as iPod if that's any use to you. [url]http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx[/url] Hope this helps :)

RealVNC, if configured correctly should perform well enough... As far as I can tell from WikiPedia, the RealVNC folks invented the VNC technology, therefore I would think RealVNC would be a better choice over UltraVNC unless you want encryption for free which UltraVNC appears to offer through the use of plug-ins. The remote desktop protocol was created by the brilliant Citrix folks and it hooks deep into Windows whereas VNC can't too well without Microsoft's inside information about the OS. It's FAST IMHO. Perhaps when using RealVNC you've chosen a high compression/low bandwidth setting that is creating alot of extra work for the client and server which is not necessary on a 100/10 connection?

I never even found where I can choose compression stuff. But that's not the problem.. Since the computer is right next to mine and It's still slow like fuck.

SSH for Command Line. RDC/MSTSC for Graphical on Windows XP and newer machines. Citrix Go 2 Assist is nice too. LanDesk Also nice, but expensive. [QUOTE=5assedmonkey;23300409] Oh and I got micro XP installed[/QUOTE] The thing with those nlite xp images is that they have more issues than what they try to resolve. You're better off being selective over your start up services, items.

[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;23305713]RDC/MSTSC for Graphical on Windows XP and newer machines.[/QUOTE] If he wants to do that, the server better be running a NOT-"Home"-edition version of Windows.

[quote]Oh and I got micro XP installed[/quote] Argh! :/ There is an option to install a driver for UltraVNC giving the utility access to lower level system components for added performance. :)

[QUOTE=D!ffr@c+0r;23309009]Argh! :/ There is an option to install a driver for UltraVNC giving the utility access to lower level system components for added performance. :)[/QUOTE] RealVNC came with a driver too. It was called something along the lines of mirror-driver (?) could it have the same function?

[QUOTE={ABK}AbbySciuto;23308446]If he wants to do that, the server better be running a NOT-"Home"-edition version of Windows.[/QUOTE] If you're running an n-lite home edition of XP for a server ,you got more issues than what you're bargaining with. best off going with linux at that point.

It's not home edition... I never said it was, and yet you guys made the assumption I was..

[QUOTE=5assedmonkey;23314859]It's not home edition... I never said it was, and yet you guys made the assumption I was..[/QUOTE] I never assumed. I gave you some remote desktop clients.