RealVNC, a multi-platform software which allows you to access computers anywhere in the world, given that they have VNC server installed and configured. It's a great tool for people who want to access their home computers from work or vice versa, or for people who need to administer different computers in the network in a workplace.
Setting up RealVNC is -really- simple. Download it here to start with.
In the setup, check VNC Server for the computers you want to be connected to, and VNC Viewer for the computers you want to connect from. (You can leave it as default, it would be just fine.)
After you install the software, you'll see a box popping up with the needed details to connect.
After we put our IP address in, we can click Connect. This will bring up another window which will want us to type the Windows login username and password for the computer we are connecting to. (You can change this option in VNC Server options by right clicking the icon in the start menu, going to Options, and changing the Authentication mode to VNC password instead of Windows password, that way, you can choose a password that you are willing to use. (It's the only option in Free version.))
Setting up RealVNC is -really- simple. Download it here to start with.
In the setup, check VNC Server for the computers you want to be connected to, and VNC Viewer for the computers you want to connect from. (You can leave it as default, it would be just fine.)
After you install the software, you'll see a box popping up with the needed details to connect.
As we see in the picture, the IP we need to connect to this computer is 192.168.1.5 (given that we are in the same network of course) Now you can go to the other computer, run VNC Viewer, and put the IP address in.
After you click OK, you will see the other computer's screen on your screen!
That means the connection is successful and you managed to get RealVNC work! This was easy of course, since everything was pretty much set up by itself. The case is different if you are willing to use RealVNC and you aren't on the same network with the other computers.
In this case, you are supposed to open the port 5900 (You can change this in options, but it's not really necessary unless you have something else running on that port) on your router first. If you don't know how to open the port on your router and forward it, I suggest you to go here, choose your router, and choose RealVNC. The steps are pretty simple and straight forward to follow.
After you do that, type the external IP (Learn it here!) of the computer you want to connect to into your VNC Viewer, and you are good to go!
The free version of the software is limited for personal use, and it only allows you to remote control other computers. I believe file transfer was a tool which should have been included in the Free version as well, and I find a little illogical that it isn't, but oh well!
If you are looking to use this software in a commercial basis, you can try the Personal version and Buy it if you want to, which has advantages over the Free version such as chatting with the other computer, sharing printer, transfering files, 128-bit AES encryption and a higher performance rate.
There's also an Enterprise version which is for large workplaces. It comes with a deployment tool which allows you to install VNC Server from a central computer to the every computer in the network. It also comes with a 256-bit AES encryption compared to the Personal version's 128-bit.
RealVNC lets you try any of these versions for 30 days, so you can have full information on everything about this software before buying it. I personally recommend it as it is the best VNC software I've used compared to the other ones. Of course it comes with the downside of being have to pay for most of the extra features, but I believe it's worth it.
