Why not use wine on the linux box and just use pcanywhere?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 4:18 PM
Subject: RE: pcAnywhere Client for Linux
> Silly nit to be picked, here, but if the communication is to be
> accomplished over a modem connection, why do you really need encryption?
> I mean, I don't know that there's a whole lot of packet sniffing from the
> modem on your system to the modem on the NT box.
>
> On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Jamin Collins wrote:
>
> > Michael R. Jinks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> > > Don't hold your breath. I haven't looked in a year or two, but IIRC
> > > your best bet is a Java client if such exists. For Norton to support
> >
> > Found pcAnywhere Express, which appears to have a Java version with it.
> > However it is bundled for Win32 only. I know this doesn't mean that it
only
> > works with Win32, but I haven't done much else with it.
> >
> > > Out of curiosity, why can't you use VNC? It installs alongside
> > > PCAnywhere, doesn't interfere with it, and is far less likely to cause
> > > your Windows box to BSOD...
> >
> > The company I work for uses pcAnywhere to remote control NT Servers (we
sell
> > NT based PBX's) at several sites across the country. Some of these
servers
> > are modem only connections.
> >
> > While I understand that VNC can be installed, there are a few
shortcomings
> > of VNC in this aspect. First, it does not handle modem connections. I
> > realize VNC can be configured with the aid of NT RAS to accept modem
> > connections, but it does not do so natively. (minor concern, but still
one)
> > Second, VNC does not have any native encryption. Again this can be
handled
> > via some other wrapper, but again we are adding more software to the
mix.
> > Third, VNC has a much higher CPU impact than pcAnywhere on a Win32 box.
> > Fourth, VNC does not support file or clipboard transfers.
> >
> > I'm not a big fan of NT. However, in this situation, it is needed for
the
> > PBX systems we service (for more information on the product, check out
> > www.inin.com). I have been looking for a comparable Linux system, but
have
> > yet to find one that has the same/better level of configuration. The
> > manufacturer of the software (I3) is understandably leery of additional
> > software or services on the NT box. They routinely use and sell
pcAnywhere
> > with the systems for remote access/control.
> >
> > So, I'm hoping to find some Linux pcAnywhere client.
> >
> > Jamin W. Collins
> >
> >
> >
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