On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:58:13 +0100 Roger Oberholtzer <roger.oberholtzer@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 10:45 AM Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 12:17 PM Roger Oberholtzer <roger.oberholtzer@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a situation where a user has a computer that they only have a private IP address for (ISP assigned). My computer is at work and also has a private IP address.
Using TeamViewer, I can access the remote computer's desktop.
My question is: is there an open source program that can accomplish the same thing?
No, because it is impossible and TeamViewer does not do it either.
In fact it does. I have been using it in just this setup. But they have exceeded the free time it allows. So they we will need to buy a license. Or get a public IP address. No idea which they will choose. The public address offers more possibilities.
IIRC TeamViewer is free for private use. Are you using it for business purposes?
Yes it is a business thing.
There is a lot of TeamViewer-like software, which may suit your licensing criteria.
I have seen someone mentioning patches for VNC that set up tunnels via Jabber servers, no idea whether it is still feasible.
As there is a server to mediate things, I suspect it could work. I no longer have any machines with a public IP address. Company IT have been ruthless...
But presumably the company has a webserver and that must have a public address. Maybe there's some package that can be run on the webserver that will provide the 'server' for the connection you want?