RDEsktop/VNC questions

[Matthew T. Lager]

Hmm, I havn't used it with Windows 2003 server yet, good to know. Thanks!

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>> [mailto:owner-freebsd->questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Louis LeBlanc
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 4:15 PM
>>To: FreeBSD Questions
>>Subject: RDEsktop/VNC questions
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>>Quick question about interconnectivity.
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>>You OSX users may be familiar with a very slick little utility called
>>RDC (Remote Desktop Connection).  Some of you other *BSDers may also be
>>familiar with one called VNC (Visual Network Connection ?) or RDP (?).
>>The purpose of said utilities is to provide a sort of graphical shell
>>similar to an X session from a remote machine in a window.
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>>There are several rdesktop and vnc clients in the ports, so rather than
>>go through the flurry of install-tryout-uninstall/repeat, I figured I'd
>>go to the place to ask questions.  Here.
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>>So, who's using these clients, and how effective have you been finding
>>them?  Any gotchas?  How cool is it?  Do they just plain suck?  And more
>>to the point, which one(s) should I start with on the short list?
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>>All feedback is welcome - and appreciated.
>>Lou
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> I've used the rdesktop client for connecting to a Windows 2003 Server
> (/usr/ports/net/rdesktop). I wasn't that impressed but then again it could
> have been a PEBKAC situation. I could not get the screen resolution of the
> Windoze 2003 server to go anything beyond 640x480 and it looked horribly
> grainy. Other than that, it did actually connect and allowed me to do all
> that I needed to. I just couldn't handle the graphic element, which again
> may have been more a user issue than an issue with the program. Other than
> that, I have used the Windows RDC programs and they work ok.
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> Thad
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