Swad Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 So I'm trying to set up remote access with my home PC (running Windows) so that I can access it at work. Problem is, PCAnywhere (a quick and dirty - though powerful - app) doesn't work from my job. The next best option is SSH, since I know it's open. What's the best way to access your windows box via SSH? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8208-ssh-and-remote-access/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sHARD>> Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 So I'm trying to set up remote access with my home PC (running Windows) so that I can access it at work. Problem is, PCAnywhere (a quick and dirty - though powerful - app) doesn't work from my job. The next best option is SSH, since I know it's open. What's the best way to access your windows box via SSH? SSH for Windows = not so great. For a solution similar to PCanywhere, try LogMeIn.com. They work pretty well, plus they have great security. Oh, and the price, $0. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8208-ssh-and-remote-access/#findComment-50969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dponmac Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 $0???? it says $99/month after 14 day trial period for me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8208-ssh-and-remote-access/#findComment-51452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technobob Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Here is my favorite for connecting from my former work, which is behind a very large corporate firewall. http://www.remotelyanywhere.com It offers web browser access so no program needed for connecting just a browser. It offers ActiveX, Java, HTML access control and has NTAuthentication, SSL, RSA security. Forgot to say that no 3rd party is involved to connect, it's a direct connection. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8208-ssh-and-remote-access/#findComment-51471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eradicator006 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Radmin is my favourite: http://www.famatech.com/ It's super fast....not as fast as RDP but pretty close. Oh there's a torrent of this around too. I'm sure it's not that hard to find. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8208-ssh-and-remote-access/#findComment-51483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I use SSH to my XP with Cygwin, but of course only command mode, I have also installed pcAnywhere, Timbuktu (if I need to remote from a Mac), RDC (Remote Desktop Connection with a Mac OS Client) and VNC. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8208-ssh-and-remote-access/#findComment-51522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sHARD>> Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 $0???? it says $99/month after 14 day trial period for me. There's a free version. I use it right now without entering so much as a credit card number, so it must be free Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8208-ssh-and-remote-access/#findComment-51544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 Technobob, thanks for the idea of RemotelyAnywhere. I got it set up and am currently using it now! That'll show this autocratic IT dept... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8208-ssh-and-remote-access/#findComment-56215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dponmac Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 There's a free version. I use it right now without entering so much as a credit card number, so it must be free you got a link? whatever i signed up for is a 14 day trial period. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8208-ssh-and-remote-access/#findComment-59045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 http://www.cygwin.com Get their setup program and make sure you install openssh and a few other tools (cygrunservice or whatever, too). (Yes, it might be a bit complicated...you can also run your ssh server on any port you want if 22 is blocked.) After installing openssh (from Cygwin in this case)... (1a) Login as Administrator (Windows XP - login as a user with Administrator privilege). (1b) Make sure the current admin/user has a Windows password set. If not, use Control Panel...User Accounts to create a password. (2a) Create a folder c:\cygwin (2b) g Download cygwin's setup.exe from http://www.cygwin.com/ and save setup.exe in c:\cygwin Click Start...Run...and type c:\cygwin\setup.exe If you are asked about "Just Me" or "All Users", choose "All Users" When it asks for "Local Package Directory", type c:\cygwin When a selection screen comes up, (you can resize the windows to see better) click the little View button for "Full" view find the package "openssh", click on the word "skip" so that an x appears in Column B, Click next to start installing cygwin and ssh. Size of the basic cygwin system is about 40 Meg, this may take a while. (3) Right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Environment Variables See this illustration (red dots) Click the "New" new button to add a new entry to system variables: variable name is CYGWIN variable value is ntsec (4) Right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Environment Variables See this illustration (green dots) Select the Path variable and click the "Edit" edit button: append ;c:\cygwin\bin to the end of the existing variable string. (5) Open a cygwin window (by double clicking theg icon), a black screen pops open, type ssh-host-config (on slower computers, it may take several minutes to generate the dsa keys) When the script asks you about "privilege separation", answer yes When the script asks about "create local user sshd", answer yes When the script asks you about "install sshd as a service", answer yes When the script asks you for "CYGWIN=" your answer is ntsec See Note 5 below if you need to run ssh-host-config again. (6) While you are still in the (black) cygwin screen, start the sshd service net start sshd or cygrunsrv --start sshd Note: if you need to stop the sshd service, pop open a g cygwin window net stop sshd or cygrunsrv --stop sshd (7) Make sure every Windows user has a password set, if not, go to Control Panel....User Accounts and create a password. (8) important Pop a cygwin gwindow, harmonize Windows user information with cygwin, otherwise they cannot login mkpasswd --local > /etc/passwd mkgroup --local > /etc/group Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8208-ssh-and-remote-access/#findComment-59124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 I use Timbuktu on both my Windows and Mac machines. Both platforms support tunneling via SSH for both in and outbound connections. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8208-ssh-and-remote-access/#findComment-158728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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