[slypig]

I didn't really know where to post this, so I posted it on the Servers and Networking forums. I apologize.

I work in prepress in the printing Industry. Sometimes the pressmen need changes that I can only achieve when onsite due to dongles and license strings and such, which means I have to drive to my work. IS there a way to use Remote desktop to login to a specific cpu and utilize the applications on that cpu? With a graphical Interface?

I can VPN into the servers but what I REALLY want is to login to a specific cpu on the network from home...wearing pink fuzzy slippers and sitting on the couch. We have an IT guy but he doesn't know how to do it. It would help both of us a bunch if this could happen.

Any ideas, suggestions would be much appreciated.

dave

[Hellgo]

Have you looked into a VNC server/client setup? I have used this in the past and it has worked well for me. Go onto Versiontracker and do a search.

[C.J. Moof]

Since you can get to machines in the LAN from home, all you need is screen sharing software (Timbuktu, VNC or Apple Remote Desktop, they'd all work) on each. You make a connection to the VPN, start up a remote control session with a "master computer". Then that one starts a remote control session on the computer with the dongle that you need to tweak. You're effectively working through a middleman computer to control the real destination.