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Remobo: VPN, Chat, Filesharing, Remote Control All-In-One!
by Lee Mathews Aug 14th 2008 at 8:00PM
Set it up, add your buddies, and you've got an instant, private P2P network. Click the My Shared Files link and create torrents of your folders and files with two clicks. When your buddies view your shares, they'll see a simple web page with links to the torrent downloads. It's simple, and it works quite well.
Clicking windows file sharing on a buddy will display their Windows file and printer shares (like Hamachi does). File access speeds (even over my sluggish DSL) are good, and at least on par with Hamachi's free offering.
Remote control is handled by VNC, and works just as well as any other VNC implementation I've tried. The only thing I don't like about the setup is that it uses your Remobo password as the VNC password. Provide someone with your password so they can remote in, and presto, they've got your network credentials as well.
Is it just me, or is that a bad idea? It seems to me that a TeamViewer-like access code might be a better option for VNC authentication.
There's a ton of potential in Remobo, and the beta is definitely an intriguing download. It's freeware, Windows only.
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Jeffrey said 6:28PM on 8-15-2008
Great to hear that you like Remobo. For those who'd like to let their friends VNC into their computer without sharing Remobo password, you can change your VNC password as usual (eg: by clicking on the "Options" or "Admin Properties" of VNC). In other word, the VNC password can be different from Remobo's.
In fact, if you already have VNC server process running while Remobo receives the inbound request for VNC connection, Remobo will forward the request to the existing VNC server process, instead of creating its own. This way, you can keep all your existing VNC settings while connecting through Remobo.
Thanks for your feedback and we'll work on more user-friendly access control.--- Jeffrey
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elbaso said 1:22PM on 8-18-2008
I would give Remobo a try if it where cross-platform, as I work on a PC, but at home we're Mac-only.
Hamachi is cross platform, so I'll be sticking with that in the meantime.
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gee said 2:57PM on 8-18-2008
The Mac version should be out soon, and great job pointing out that VNC password issue. Its fixed in the newest version with a solution that allows you to set a different password for incoming connections.
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alex said 9:46AM on 10-02-2008
Is it work if i'am behind a router (NAT) ?
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Lee Mathews said 9:59AM on 10-02-2008
sure will!
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AndyC said 11:54AM on 11-07-2008
Is rdp from windows better than VNC? tried remobo on 2 of my Vistas, no lucky. tried "NeoRouter", so far so good. Easier than Hamachi to use and support Vista and Linux.
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