# remote control/desktop sharing **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [October 30, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remote-control-desktop-sharing/24686 "2013-10-30T16:51:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remote-control-desktop-sharing/24686/1 "2013-10-30T16:51:21Z")
This is not your typical remote control for tech support - I have ZCM 11 for that. We have the following need. A user is working at their desk, has a lot of files open including 3D models. User needs to talk to a few people about the project while referencing everything on their screen. Currently those people squeeze into the user’s cubicle. Works, but hardly ideal. What we would like to do is have some computers setup in larger meeting areas. These computers would have much larger monitors to facilitate group meetings. Rather than exiting out of everything at their own PC and then opening it all on the meeting area PC, we would prefer that the user could just mirror their PC onto the meeting area PC. One thought was that the user could mirror their screen to the meeting room computer and bring the wireless keybd/mouse that is controlling their own PC. But I don’t think we can get keybd/mouse combos that would transmit far enough for that - we could be 50-75 feet away. So that means some type of remote control app, but I would want to make it easy for the user to find and connect to their PC from the meeting room PC. This will all happen within our LAN, so I don’t need some web-based service. And we will be manipulating 3D files, so I need something that can handle a lot of video. Anyone have any suggestions? Ken ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remote-control-desktop-sharing/24686/2 "2013-10-30T22:37:36Z")
RDP? Microsoft have been incrementally improving RDP for bandwidth and rich destktop experiences. They also added support for multi-monitor displays a few years back - though I’m not sure if the ‘server’ needs to be a server OS rather than client OS. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remote-control-desktop-sharing/24686/3 "2013-10-31T02:34:46Z")
Scott Campbell wrote: [color=blue] > RDP? > > Microsoft have been incrementally improving RDP for bandwidth and rich > destktop experiences. They also added support for multi-monitor > displays a few years back - though I’m not sure if the ‘server’ needs > to be a server OS rather than client OS.[/color] > Then there is: > [http://www.tightvnc.com/projector/](http://www.tightvnc.com/projector/) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remote-control-desktop-sharing/24686/4 "2013-10-31T09:48:30Z")
On 10/30/2013 8:34 PM, Bob Crandell wrote:[color=blue] > Scott Campbell wrote: > [color=green] > > > RDP? > > > > Microsoft have been incrementally improving RDP for bandwidth and rich > > destktop experiences. They also added support for multi-monitor > > displays a few years back - though I’m not sure if the ‘server’ needs > > to be a server OS rather than client OS.[/color] > > Then there is: > > [http://www.tightvnc.com/projector/](http://www.tightvnc.com/projector/) > > [/color] > > If the tightvnc projector is half as good as their VNC viewer, it will > > be great. Haven’t used the projector but have used the VNC viewer and > > have been quite pleased. Bob ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remote-control-desktop-sharing/24686/5 "2013-11-19T21:40:53Z")
CrossTec SchoolVue might be what you need…or might be way overkill. I use their remote-control software (live and die by it, actually), so would guess that schoolvue is also a good solid product. [http://www.crosstecsoftware.com/index.php?option=com\_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=7](http://www.crosstecsoftware.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=7) On 10/30/2013 9:51 AM, KeN Etter wrote:[color=blue] > This is not your typical remote control for tech support - I have ZCM > 11 for that. We have the following need. A user is working at their > desk, has a lot of files open including 3D models. User needs to talk > to a few people about the project while referencing everything on > their screen. Currently those people squeeze into the user’s cubicle. > Works, but hardly ideal. What we would like to do is have some > computers setup in larger meeting areas. These computers would have > much larger monitors to facilitate group meetings. Rather than > exiting out of everything at their own PC and then opening it all on > the meeting area PC, we would prefer that the user could just mirror > their PC onto the meeting area PC. > > One thought was that the user could mirror their screen to the meeting > room computer and bring the wireless keybd/mouse that is controlling > their own PC. But I don’t think we can get keybd/mouse combos that > would transmit far enough for that - we could be 50-75 feet away. > > So that means some type of remote control app, but I would want to > make it easy for the user to find and connect to their PC from the > meeting room PC. This will all happen within our LAN, so I don’t need > some web-based service. And we will be manipulating 3D files, so I > need something that can handle a lot of video. > > Anyone have any suggestions? > Ken > [/color] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remote-control-desktop-sharing/24686/6 "2013-11-19T22:42:43Z")
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:40:53 GMT, naomi37 [naomi37@hotmail.com](mailto:naomi37@hotmail.com) wrote: [color=blue] > CrossTec SchoolVue might be what you need…or might be way overkill. I > use their remote-control software (live and die by it, actually), so > would guess that schoolvue is also a good solid product. > > [http://www.crosstecsoftware.com/index.php?option=com\_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=7](http://www.crosstecsoftware.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=7)[/color] Thanks. I use ZCM for remote control. But we are thinking that a simple Remote Desktop Connection might work for what we need. Ken ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remote-control-desktop-sharing/24686/7 "2013-11-21T21:46:01Z")
You can also try TeamViewer. ## – lanaleon lanaleon’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=16538](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=16538) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=472376](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=472376)