Anyone have any idea how to control a Win 8 rig from another room? Wireless KVM?

[firefop]

Impero or ABTutor are the way to go.

[tymothy]

What about RDP, LogMeIn or Team Viewer?

I second the LogMeIn recommendation. Free and nice and easy to setup, accessible from anywhere in the world and will even let you wake on lan if it's configured.

[MrBilling]

What about RDP, LogMeIn or Team Viewer?

I second the LogMeIn recommendation. Free and nice and easy to setup, accessible from anywhere in the world and will even let you wake on lan if it's configured.

If anybody read any part of the thread they would see we were not talking about connecting two computers.  That's very easy.  Before this post the thread was about hooking a computer in one room up to a monitor, mouse, and keyboard in a different room.  NOT two computers in two different rooms.

That's what I ended up having to do though.  I ended up just buying a cheap laptop to use as a client.

I bought a Chromebook and hooking it up to my monitor, mouse, and keyboard.  Then I use logmein or ChromeRDC.

The price of a decent non line of site VGA extender or wireless KVM is as much or almost as much as a Chromebok.  And I can use the Chrmebook for more and now that I am playing with it the Chrome OS is actually really cool.

[greenbtc]

What about RDP, LogMeIn or Team Viewer?

I second the LogMeIn recommendation. Free and nice and easy to setup, accessible from anywhere in the world and will even let you wake on lan if it's configured.

If anybody read any part of the thread they would see we were not talking about connecting two computers.  That's very easy.  Before this post the thread was about hooking a computer in one room up to a monitor, mouse, and keyboard in a different room.  NOT two computers in two different rooms.

That's what I ended up having to do though.  I ended up just buying a cheap laptop to use as a client.

I bought a Chromebook and hooking it up to my monitor, mouse, and keyboard.  Then I use logmein or ChromeRDC.

The price of a decent non line of site VGA extender or wireless KVM is as much or almost as much as a Chromebok.  And I can use the Chrmebook for more and now that I am playing with it the Chrome OS is actually really cool.

I think the reason you ended up doing what you did, though, is because like many of us said--what you were trying to accomplish is much easier accomplished by getting a 2nd "terminal" to remote to the other machine from. So regardless of what you were asking, you were getting solutions (even if they weren't the one you wanted--which turned out not to be the way to go anyway) from members. GLad you got something working for yourself, though.

[tymothy]

If anybody read any part of the thread they would see we were not talking about connecting two computers. 

Yeah but what you were asking was "how to control a Win 8 rig from another room". We gave you the appropriate answer, which was also the most cost-effective solution. We're goal-oriented not process-oriented here.

[nottm28]

If anybody read any part of the thread they would see we were not talking about connecting two computers.

You can do this easily with UltraVNC

[MrBilling]

If anybody read any part of the thread they would see we were not talking about connecting two computers. 

Yeah but what you were asking was "how to control a Win 8 rig from another room". We gave you the appropriate answer, which was also the most cost-effective solution. We're goal-oriented not process-oriented here.

Yea but you should at least read the first post in a thread.  Even if just going off the title you should think why would anyone want to use a wireless KVM to control a computer with another computer?  And for what I was asking a wireless KVM / VGA extender is the right solution?   The only reason I chose to use another computer was because I could get the Chromebook for the same price and use it for other things.


But either way I thank everyone for the suggestions and apologize if I was being a d***.

[MrBilling]

And in the end using another computer as a client may not end up working.



I have tried chrome RDC, Logmein in , and ultra vnc and I dunno why but my rig will BSOD if I mine and remote access at the same time.  I can do one or the other but not both.  I even tried turning the intensity down on the card the monitor uses and it still BSODs.


So I dunno but if I can't figure it out I guess it's back to trying to find a decent non line of site KVM.

[deadweasel]

And in the end using another computer as a client may not end up working.



I have tried chrome RDC, Logmein in , and ultra vnc and I dunno why but my rig will BSOD if I mine and remote access at the same time.  I can do one or the other but not both.  I even tried turning the intensity down on the card the monitor uses and it still BSODs.


So I dunno but if I can't figure it out I guess it's back to trying to find a decent non line of site KVM.

Use Teamviewer.

[philips]

If anybody read any part of the thread they would see we were not talking about connecting two computers. 

Yeah but what you were asking was "how to control a Win 8 rig from another room". We gave you the appropriate answer, which was also the most cost-effective solution. We're goal-oriented not process-oriented here.

Yea but you should at least read the first post in a thread.  Even if just going off the title you should think why would anyone want to use a wireless KVM to control a computer with another computer?  And for what I was asking a wireless KVM / VGA extender is the right solution?   The only reason I chose to use another computer was because I could get the Chromebook for the same price and use it for other things.


But either way I thank everyone for the suggestions and apologize if I was being a d***.

I think you were clear from the very beginning, if any doubts, post #7 was very specific.

[greenbtc]

And in the end using another computer as a client may not end up working.



I have tried chrome RDC, Logmein in , and ultra vnc and I dunno why but my rig will BSOD if I mine and remote access at the same time.  I can do one or the other but not both.  I even tried turning the intensity down on the card the monitor uses and it still BSODs.


So I dunno but if I can't figure it out I guess it's back to trying to find a decent non line of site KVM.

Use Teamviewer.

2nded.

Also, I was just pointing out there were actually two right solutions (and some even cheaper than the chromebook were even available for terminals).

[vehementchrome]

I use Teamviewer as well on a win 8 rig. It works just as well as the rig does really. Sometimes its slow to load, but as said, I'm pretty sure it's just the rig and not the remote desktop program. Disappointing that you can't find a way to just remote connect via a monitor/keyboard though.