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PCAnywhere/VNC question

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  • 13-05-2004 11:04am
    #1
    Stky10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭


    OK, lets say I install PCAnywhere/VNC or another
    similar program on my local PC, a remote PC,
    and several other PC's close to the remote PC.

    Once I connect to the remote PC from my local
    PC, can I then connect from the remote PC to
    the other nearby machines so that the
    screen output from them appears on my local PC??

    I know the lag would be unbelieveable if
    it is possible, but I'd like to know if its possible
    or whether a PC is only allowed to be a client or
    a host, but not both at the same time.


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    #2
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Yep it's doable alright.


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    #3
    Jaden
    Registered Users Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭Jaden


    I do it all the time, but only if I really, really have to.


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    #4
    Washout
    Registered Users Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭Washout


    Why would you want to do that though?


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    #5
    Stky10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭Stky10


    Cos its possible to get to a PC through a firewall by
    giving it an external IP address, but you might not
    have enough external IP's for every machine, so you
    go through the one you have, to get to the ones you dont...


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    #6
    Cake Fiend
    Registered Users Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭Cake Fiend


    Could be a bit dangerous having a machine with an (unfirewalled?) external IP address connected to your protected LAN. If that machine gets compromised, the attacker would have unfettered access to your LAN. A better way to access a LAN machine might be forward the port in question, preferably tunnelling VNC through SSH, unless I've got the wrong end of the stick here.


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