Remote access to laptop PC

[Night Spring]

Here's the update: once the old laptop was open and online, I made the changes for it not to sleep or hibernate. The iPad logmein app worked and made contact. Though it had a bit on a lag, I was able to make a connection.

However, once the laptop screen is closed the connection is lost. This is annoying because I don't want to leVe the laptop open all the time. Can this be fixed?

Most laptops are set to sleep when their lids are closed. You need to turn this off somehow. If it's a Windows laptop, the setting is in the power settings somewhere. On a Mac you need a utility program like Insomnia.

 

[Hitman1717]

I was able to change the settings on the laptop so that it will do nothing when the lid is closed.

Will the laptop be ok if it is plugged in and running all the time now?

 

[s15119]

Many reviews said logmein is costly and doesn't always connect with laptops that need to be woken from sleep.

I use logmein- I forget what I paid so it wasn't too costly - and I haven't experienced any problems connecting to my ASUS laptop (win7) or my Mac Mini. It's a sweet piece of software.

 

[Meanee]

I was able to change the settings on the laptop so that it will do nothing when the lid is closed.

Will the laptop be ok if it is plugged in and running all the time now?

My office workstation is a laptop that is always on. batty on it is prety much gone, giving me 5 minutes max. And it gets pretty warm. But laptop is very old, used it for 5 years.

 

[iThinman]

I just went back and checked a bunch of recent LogMeIn reviews on youtube and cannot find one thing it does better then Jump, or even remotely close to as well in many cases.

 

[TSE]

Is there a way for jump to turn on your computer from sleep over network? Or is there a way to use jump and have the computer's screen turned off? I really want to use an iPad 2 and iMac... But this remote desktop business is confusing.

 

[Meanee]

I just went back and checked a bunch of recent LogMeIn reviews on youtube and cannot find one thing it does better then Jump, or even remotely close to as well in many cases.

Jump is VNC client. Vnc by itself requires router setup, dynamic dns service, and is a complete snail unless you are on me network. So if you need to access your living room pc while you are in bedroom, it should be fine.

I use VNC and logmein daily multiple times a day, as part of my job. While logmein is a pleasure to use, few sites require me to use VNC via ssh. The remote control speed is horrible.

RDP support in jump is something I didn't test, but RDP is fastest remote access so far IMO. Problem is that RDP is strictly windows service, and most folks here have macs. Plus, for RDP, router and dynamic dns setup is a must. And while RDP cannot do file transfers, it is fastest remote access method. Personally, I use iTap as my client.

 

[iThinman]

Jump is VNC client. Vnc by itself requires router setup, dynamic dns service, and is a complete snail unless you are on me network. So if you need to access your living room pc while you are in bedroom, it should be fine.

I use VNC and logmein daily multiple times a day, as part of my job. While logmein is a pleasure to use, few sites require me to use VNC via ssh. The remote control speed is horrible.

RDP support in jump is something I didn't test, but RDP is fastest remote access so far IMO. Problem is that RDP is strictly windows service, and most folks here have macs. Plus, for RDP, router and dynamic dns setup is a must. And while RDP cannot do file transfers, it is fastest remote access method. Personally, I use iTap as my client.

Yes, I am specifically referring to RDP connections since I use a PC...like the original poster.

Not sure why Mac connections are involved in this conversation. I suppose some do not read thoroughly.