Is there a remote control tool which works with firewalls and routers ?

[smooter]

UGH! Good luck!

Well, all is not lost. There are tools, but they aren't free, and they
would require default ports to be open. Most use port 80 (HTTP)
because they are usually open on most networks (provided your not using
Proxy Servers and then there is a whole new can of worms to sort
through).

Webex is one that comes to mind, it works really well, and then Citrix
has just purchased GoToMyPC and I think it will tunnel over HTTP if
configured to do so.

There are also some things you could do with SSH tunneling, but that
would get complicated (fun, but complicated).

I think I have read somewhere that people have successfully used both
VNC and PC Anywhere via port 80 as well, but I may be mixing that up.

Most if not all of these products require a "server" and "Client"
communication model, meaning that you would initiate the "connection",
the client would approve it and release control of the host/etc.

Good Luck! HTH

Smooter

 

[Guest]

Chuck any details on how to do what you are talking about. any documentation
of steps will be nice

 

[Allen Drennan]

I need a remote control tool which works regardless if there are
firewalls and routers between the local and the remote machine. At
least there should be as less as possible configurations necessary
(e.g. NAT port translation,...).

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