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NetOp Remote Control 6.5

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As a network manager you have to attend to PC problems at all hours of the day. Wouldn’t life be much simpler if you could access your machines in office from home or from another office? NetOp Remote Control from Danware Data is a software that lets you control and work on a PC remotely from another machine. Once the machines are connected together, you can use the mouse and keyboard of the local machine to control the desktop and applications on the remote machine. You can exchange files between the two machines, initiate a chat session, print remotely, and also reboot the remote machine. 

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NetOp Remote Control 6.5

Price:

1 Guest + 1 Host: Rs 18,500



1 Guest + 10 hosts: Rs 82,500


Additional Guest Licenses (one): Rs 12, 500


Additional Guest Licenses (ten): Rs 96, 500


Additional Host Licenses (one): Rs 11, 700


Additional Host Licenses (ten): Rs 79, 000


Optional modules: Gateway: Rs 41, 000


Log server: Rs 30,000



Access Security Server
: Rs 62,000



Features: Remote management; remote printing; audio and text chat; file transfers


Pros: Ease of use


Cons: None


Contact: Indo American Futuristics. 


2B Nilgiri III, Noida 201301. 


E-mail:
future_info@sisy.com and eastern9@vsnl.com 












The software is aimed at network integrators and corporates. However, it’s so easy to use that anyone who wants this functionality can go for it. It supports Windows, and a different version for OS/2 and DOS is also available. It works over all common protocols like TCP/IP, UDP/IP, IPX, and NetBIOS; and can work over a network, dial-up link, ISDN, or Infrared (IrDA on Windows 98/2000 only). You can also communicate over the Internet, but you’ll have to specify the IP address of the host machine for this. 

You can also use it over your local network for troubleshooting. The option you choose depends on your network setup. You can also connect using modems or direct cable connections. 

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Installation doesn’t take much time and a wizard guides you through the process. You also have the option to create ‘Install disks’ that can be used to install NetOp on machines that don’t have a CD drive. The software comes in different modules, among which NetOp Guest and NetOp Host are the main ones. The Guest module is installed on the controlling machine and the Host module on the machine you wish to access remotely from the Guest machine. Apart from these, three optional modules for the Host are also available. These are the gateway, log server, and the access security server.

The gateway acts as a single dial-in point for the Guest machines to access the Host. It receives incoming and outgoing calls and routes them to the intended machines. The log server is used for centrally storing information about remote-control sessions, such as who controlled who, when, and what actions were taken on a machine. The access security server lets you define passwords, host names, and a list of authorized users and their rights, thereby maintaining a list of security profiles centrally at one place. The information is stored in encrypted form and the server is also password-protected to stop unauthorized access. 

After connecting the machines you can transfer files, print remotely, and even start a chat session with the remote machine. You can also lock the remote PC’s keyboard and mouse, blank its screen, and reboot the remote machine. This, however, depends on the access privileges assigned by the Host machine to the Guest user. 

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Your file transfer speed will also depend on the quality of connect between the two machines and the medium being used. There is also a scripting feature available that can be used to automate file transfers between the two machines. 

To test its remote printing capability, we installed a printer on the Host machine. On the Guest machine you’ll need to add the printer and specify the port as NetOp. This port is automatically installed during installation. After this, we were able to fire a print from the Guest machine to the printer connected to the remote PC. 

The software also has a few built-in security features to stop unauthorized access to the Host machine. For example, you can password-protect your Host machine. The Guest machine will have to enter this password while connecting. The connection is automatically terminated if a wrong password is entered more than three times. Even after the right password is entered, it’s up to the Host machine to allow or deny access to the Guest machine–once the connection is established, a message is flashed at the Host machine informing the user about the connection and the machine connected to it, and the user on the Host machine can choose to allow or deny access. 

Neelima Vaid at PCQ Labs

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