What is better TightVNC or UltraVNC ?

[Peter Meister]

As the subject said I wonder which of the two VNC derivates is the better one?
Is there a comparison page?

Peter

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

I use UltraVNC because it more closely mimics both Remote Desktop and PC Anywhere with file transfer
functionality. Plus, UltraVNC has an encryption plug-in if you don't want to use it through a VPN or
SSH tunnel over the public internet. TightVNC, or any other flavor of VNC, does not have that AFAIK,
ie. encryption functionality...

Personally I use UltraVNC through a SSH tunnel for added security...

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[Munpe Q]

Does it really matter?

 

[Jack]

Hi
In addition to Al's comments.
UltraVNC file transfer is GUI flexible and easy.
Ultra VNC has local Chat Room.
UltraVNC newest release has very nice Top Screen Icon Menu Bar. In addition
when you work with full screen you do not have to remember commands you
point to the top edge of the screen a bar slides down, double click and you
are back in Window view.
UltraVNC Server can be installed as a Windows Service.
With the additional Video Drivers it is Fast.
Few tricks of how to use it over the Internet here:
http://www.ezlan.net/vnc.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[andrewv]

What platform will you be installing on?

Andrew

 

[Fidelio]

I prefer RemoteAdministrator www.radmin.com

It's not from the family of VNC but has great features.... and the crack is
in Internet... just for full testing ;-)

 

[Jeffrey Randow (MVP)]

There isn't much out there that states the differences betwen TightVNC
and UltraVNC, but since UltraVNC forked from TightVNC, they share many
similarities.

It doesn't hut to try both and see which one you like better...
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[Shenan Stanley]

As the subject said I wonder which of the two VNC derivates is the
better one? Is there a comparison page?

UltraVNC.

http://snipurl.com/cwb2

 

[Jeffrey Randow (MVP)]

Well, UltraVNC was a fork of TightVNC, so they are pretty similar..
Like others have said - try them both and see which one works better
in your case.
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[StarQuake]

As the subject said I wonder which of the two VNC derivates is the better one?
Is there a comparison page?

Peter

You should also consider using RealVNC, just trying it and installing
would be the best option i guess.

 

[mhicaoidh]

Taking a moment's reflection, Peter Meister mused:
|
| As the subject said I wonder which of the two VNC derivates is the better
| one? Is there a comparison page?

No, but from experience, Ultra is much better. More fine tuning of
connections (LAN or dial up for example), more secure with MS Logon
Authentication (optional) and 128-bit encryption with use of plugin, and
more functional with file transfer capability (again, optional).

 

[Jan Visser]

As the subject said I wonder which of the two VNC derivates is the better one?
Is there a comparison page?

Peter

You should also consider using RealVNC, just trying it and installing
would be the best option i guess.