On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 19:08:55, R.Wieser wrote
(my responses usually follow points raised):
Posted to xp only, as aioe has forbiden crossposts to the others ...

(How peculiar! Does it just not like those 'groups, or just not like
crossposting [or to more than two]? Anyway, not this.)

John,

Do they _all_ require access to a remote server, *including for initial
setup of the connection*, or do any of them work entirely standalone?

*Ofcourse* there are versions that are fully stand-alone. :-) RealVNC
(payed, can do both) and TightVNC (free) are two of them.

The "problem" is that a direct (P2P) connection needs extra work, as you
have to configure the firewall to forward connections to a specific port of
the 'puter that wants to share its desktop. Having a(n initial connect)
server bypasses that (both 'puters connect outwards, and thru the server one
of them invites the other in).

Thanks. I'll probably stick with the proprietaries, then, as the people
I help might have difficulty with complicated procedures described over
the 'phone (two of them are blind and a third is 82). Though if the
initial steps could be made a batch file, that might be possible.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser




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