Comments on: Unexpectedly Handy http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/12/31/unexpectedly-handy/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:35:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Snikch http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/12/31/unexpectedly-handy/comment-page-1/#comment-485749 Snikch Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:18:30 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1827#comment-485749 For those people with decent connections / static IP's at work, just port forward a port to your office computer (port 3389 I think is the remote desktop port) and that way you get access to your computer, no need for a seperate server! We have remote desktop for 4 of our computers at our office. In reponse to the question as to how many connections you can have, with a standard Windows install you only get one connection, but with Windows Server you can have as many as is set by group policy, but by default I believe it's 3. For those people with decent connections / static IP’s at work, just port forward a port to your office computer (port 3389 I think is the remote desktop port) and that way you get access to your computer, no need for a seperate server!

We have remote desktop for 4 of our computers at our office.

In reponse to the question as to how many connections you can have, with a standard Windows install you only get one connection, but with Windows Server you can have as many as is set by group policy, but by default I believe it’s 3.

]]> By: GabrielRadic http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/12/31/unexpectedly-handy/comment-page-1/#comment-151376 GabrielRadic Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:26:15 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1827#comment-151376 PM sent. Thanks. PM sent. Thanks.

]]> By: dhecker http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/12/31/unexpectedly-handy/comment-page-1/#comment-151274 dhecker Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:32:01 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1827#comment-151274 Hi Gabirel - 1) sure, we've been using for that purpose already 2) yep, so far no problems except for the cicso vpn which refused to be installed over remote desktop 3) pm me for the name of the company! Hi Gabirel –

1) sure, we’ve been using for that purpose already
2) yep, so far no problems except for the cicso vpn which refused to be installed over remote desktop
3) pm me for the name of the company!

]]> By: Gabriel Radic http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/12/31/unexpectedly-handy/comment-page-1/#comment-149417 Gabriel Radic Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:05:40 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1827#comment-149417 Hi Dave, I would love to get one of those VPS things myself. I'm a web designer stuck with a PowerPC Mac, and I was wondering about a couple of things: 1. Would it make sense to use it for testing web pages in IE/Windows? 2. Can you install software on it? Like a browser plugin or a text editor. 3. Where did you find a reliable host for 30US$/month? TIA. Hi Dave,

I would love to get one of those VPS things myself. I’m a web designer stuck with a PowerPC Mac, and I was wondering about a couple of things:

1. Would it make sense to use it for testing web pages in IE/Windows?

2. Can you install software on it? Like a browser plugin or a text editor.

3. Where did you find a reliable host for 30US$/month?

TIA.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/12/31/unexpectedly-handy/comment-page-1/#comment-149401 Anonymous Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:21:32 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1827#comment-149401 Whilst I can't comment on the usefulness of terminal client for remote working, I have to ask why you didn't tunnel a web connection over SSH into your office then back out to paypal, problem fixed in 2 minutes. Whilst I can’t comment on the usefulness of terminal client for remote working, I have to ask why you didn’t tunnel a web connection over SSH into your office then back out to paypal, problem fixed in 2 minutes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/12/31/unexpectedly-handy/comment-page-1/#comment-148152 Anonymous Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:43:04 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1827#comment-148152 Nice solution perhaps, but you could ask yourself the question: do you think suicide economics will work in the end? Outsourcing to cheaper countries that offer no social protection for their workers has a bad effect at your own doorstep, namely, if we continue to lose jobs to these countries, who is going to be able to buy your stuff in the future? My motto is: if a client is not prepared to pay a decent fee, he/she isn't worth to work for. Websites are much cheaper then an andvertiseùment in a newspaper, so there is no excuse to owrk on the cheap. Nice solution perhaps, but you could ask yourself the question: do you think suicide economics will work in the end? Outsourcing to cheaper countries that offer no social protection for their workers has a bad effect at your own doorstep, namely, if we continue to lose jobs to these countries, who is going to be able to buy your stuff in the future?

My motto is: if a client is not prepared to pay a decent fee, he/she isn’t worth to work for. Websites are much cheaper then an andvertiseùment in a newspaper, so there is no excuse to owrk on the cheap.

]]> By: martin.christian http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/12/31/unexpectedly-handy/comment-page-1/#comment-147708 martin.christian Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:08:32 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1827#comment-147708 Great point dave! When faced with the task of developing in different environments which are globally dispersed this tactic was a great learning curve and, ultimately, a simple yet brilliant solution for the mobile individual. I've set one up at home but its quite resource heavy... You would need to judge whether the advantages outwiegh the costs. Great point dave!

When faced with the task of developing in different environments which are globally dispersed this tactic was a great learning curve and, ultimately, a simple yet brilliant solution for the mobile individual.

I’ve set one up at home but its quite resource heavy… You would need to judge whether the advantages outwiegh the costs.

]]> By: crome http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/12/31/unexpectedly-handy/comment-page-1/#comment-147685 crome Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:27:44 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1827#comment-147685 Great Dave! I feel a need for a VPS system. I am always put off mobile internet because of its frustratingly slow speeds but this seems a great way round that. Great Dave! I feel a need for a VPS system. I am always put off mobile internet because of its frustratingly slow speeds but this seems a great way round that.

]]> By: dhecker http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/12/31/unexpectedly-handy/comment-page-1/#comment-147417 dhecker Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:19:30 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1827#comment-147417 Paypal doesn't allow you to connect via proxy (I checked with them). Also, a proxy would actually make the problem worse, since it requires bandwidth between 3 points instead of two, so the remote desktop was the way to go for us... Paypal doesn’t allow you to connect via proxy (I checked with them). Also, a proxy would actually make the problem worse, since it requires bandwidth between 3 points instead of two, so the remote desktop was the way to go for us…

]]> By: Divine http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/12/31/unexpectedly-handy/comment-page-1/#comment-145775 Divine Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:35:10 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=1827#comment-145775 Heh, Proxy would solve the PayPal problem thus cutting the cost down (30/m less). I didn't refer to his _later_ excuses for paying that much. ;) Cheers. Happy New Year Heh, Proxy would solve the PayPal problem thus cutting the cost down (30/m less). I didn’t refer to his _later_ excuses for paying that much. ;)

Cheers. Happy New Year

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