Search /
Docfinder:
Advanced search  |  Help  |  Site map
RESEARCH CENTERS
SITE RESOURCES
Click for Layer 8! No, really, click NOW!
Networking for Small Business
TODAY'S NEWS
First iPhone worm spreads Rick Astley wallpaper
Four reasons to buy (and one reason to avoid) the Droid
Stimulus for tech and telecom $3B, but jobs still guesswork
Cisco MARS shuts out new third-party security devices
Verizon Droid buzz muted in Boston
Week in Google news: Google Dashboard, Droid fever, focus on e-commerce
Cloud computing, virtualization proponents getting antsy
Data center start-up offers energy saving software
Vendors scrambling to fix bug in Net's security
Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Gartner's Magic Quadrant
Boston Celtics clamp down on spam
Cloud computing inevitable? Not so fast, educator says
Blue Coat slashes staff, buys S7 services company
Apple seeks new sheriff to lock up iPhones
Net/Systems Management /

How we did it

Related linksToday's breaking news
Send to a friendFeedback


We connected pairs of Windows computers on various 10M bit/sec Ethernet subnets and used various firewalls from Sonic Systems and Netgear. We also used dial-up 56K bit/sec modems over analog lines. We used a variety of Windows Millennium Edition, 2000 and 98 machines, along with a Mac Performa for VNC's Mac client. PCs ranged from 700-MHz Pentium IIIs to 75-MHz Pentiums and with installed RAM ranging from 16M to 128M bytes. We looked at security features implemented, crispness of display, file transfer throughput and responsiveness of the remotely controlled host.

Back to the main review

RELATED LINKS

Strom is the author of numerous product reviews, essays, opinion pieces and feature stories for dozens of computer trade publications and technical Web sites. His second book, Home Networking Survival Guide, will be published this fall by Osborne/McGraw Hill books. He can be reached at david@strom.com.

Connection and security options

Triple your remote office protection
We all know that two-thirds of corporate hacks come from inside the firewall, making internal security as important as external. But what about your remote offices and SOHO workers?
Network World, 08/06/01.

Altiris acquires Carbon Copy from Compaq
Altiris, which makes software for managing PCs in networks, has purchased the file transfer software product Carbon Copy from Compaq.
InfoWorld, 04/30/01 .

Symantec releases Version 10.0 of pcAnywhere
Security specialist Symantec Tuesday released the latest version of its pcAnywhere remote access software, a product designed to help IT administrators manage users' PCs across a network.
Net.Worker, 02/20/01.


NWFusion offers more than 40 FREE technology-specific email newsletters in key network technology areas such as NSM, VPNs, Convergence, Security and more.
Click here to sign up!
New Event - WANs: Optimizing Your Network Now.
Hear from the experts about the innovations that are already starting to shake up the WAN world. Free Network World Technology Tour and Expo in Dallas, San Francisco, Washington DC, and New York.
Attend FREE
Your FREE Network World subscription will also include breaking news and information on wireless, storage, infrastructure, carriers and SPs, enterprise applications, videoconferencing, plus product reviews, technology insiders, management surveys and technology updates - GET IT NOW.
* HOME    * RESEARCH CENTERS     * NEWS     * EVENTS

Contact us | Terms of Service/Privacy | How to Advertise
Reprints and links | Partnerships | Subscribe to NW
About Network World, Inc.

Copyright, 1994-2006 Network World, Inc. All rights reserved.