VNC Support in Apple Remote Desktop 2: Help!

Discussion in 'Mac Apps and Mac App Store' started by MacAztec, Jun 24, 2004.

Most Liked Posts
  1. MacAztec, Jun 24, 2004

    MacAztec macrumors 68040

    MacAztec

    Joined:
    Oct 28, 2001
    Location:
    San Luis Obispo, CA
    #1
    Ok so my dad bought ARD 2 for use at his office. I am trying to figure out how to connect to Windows PCs on the network using ARD 2. I have Windows XP Pro installed on a PC on the network here. I installed VNC 4.0 (server) onto the machine, and now in the ARD 2 admin program, the PC shows up with a little VNC next to it.

    I can't connect to it though. I don't get an error, but it just pretty much times out. Any ideas on what I should do to get this working?
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  2. robbieduncan, Jun 24, 2004

    robbieduncan Moderator emeritus

    robbieduncan

    Joined:
    Jul 24, 2002
    Location:
    London
    #2
    All I can think of would be a firewall on the Windows PC blocking the connection.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  3. grabberslasher, Jun 24, 2004

    grabberslasher macrumors 6502

    Joined:
    Aug 2, 2002
    Location:
    Éire
    #3
    Try adding by IP address, and when you're connecting don't use a user name, just a password. I've found that ARD 2 is very slow with VNC (over Airport) though, you might be better off with VNCViewer.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  4. cortezdp, Jul 1, 2004

    cortezdp macrumors newbie

    Joined:
    Jul 1, 2004
    #4
    Try VNC Thing

    ARD2's VNC client i think doesn't support compression or something, because it is sooo much slower than VNCThing... You can download it from http://www.macupdate.com because i think the website is gone.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)

Share This Page