Windows 10: Had it with teamviewer - how to make them unnecessary

Hi there

seems to me that teamviewer are getting more aggro in what they consider "private" usage -- so I decided to give the 2 fingered "Churchill Salute" and say why do I need you guys any more.

The main problem with remote computer communication is to get your public IP address which dynamically can change -- so a nice little way would be to email yourself every so often what your remote / home computer's current IP address is --note your IP address assigned by ISP not the laptop or computer you are using tom access the remote PC.

So here's a little test script to do just that -- this is a really simple one where you input your email servers address your email address and the recipients address . This method can also be used to send logs / alerts or whatever.

At this stage I'm testing on a server that doesn't need authentication (port 25) -- will add the authentication in a further example later .

I decided to use netcat rather than telnet because telnet needs a few sleep commands in it to handle responses from the server.

I left the start variables as interactive so its easier for testing on different servers and sending to different email addresses.

This also works from the WSL on Windows -- install dnsutils to get the dig command on it.

I'm sure windows gurus out there can easily convert this simple script to Windows -- please post if you can.

Run say hourly or whatever via crontab in linux / or in windows any job scheduler -- afraid I don't know windows that well on scheduling jobs though.

#!/bin/bash
# Send email from bash
# hrafn simple script to send simple email with your IP address (external)

read -p "Enter SMTP email server address: " server
read -p "Enter SMTP Port: " port
read -p "Enter Your Email Address: " from
read -p "Enter Recipient's Email Address: " to
# get your public IP address
myip="$(dig +short myip.opendns.com @ReSolver1.opendns.com)"
# create message
function mail_input {
echo "ehlo $(hostname -f)"
echo "MAIL FROM: <$from>"
echo "RCPT TO: <$to>"
echo "DATA"
echo "From: <$from>"
echo "To: <$to>"
echo "Subject: Testing SMTP Mail"
echo " "
echo "Your public internet address is "
echo $myip
echo " "
echo "finished"
echo "."
echo "quit"
}

mail_input | netcat $server $port || err_exit


Don't forget to finish the inline text with the "." line before the SMTP quit command.

Using this method doesn't require the use of an email server or client on the host (you will need to read the email of course to see the content !!)

This should also render those programs like dyndns etc unnecessary too.

After you have the ip address it's simple to communicate / logon to the remote computer -- use RDP / Putty or whatever.

I can make instructions on that later. You will need to have the (remote -- i.e your HOME) computer on a fixed LOCAL IP address (LAN) so you can port forward correctly for RDP etc.

I'll update this also for how to attach files and the commands for the base64 encryption when using AUTH with SMTP.

have a happy Xmas / new year etc everybody

Cheers
jimbo

:)

 

Teamviewer


Recently Teamviewer stopped working for me. I get a pop up that says "Not ready. Check your connections". My remote users get the same message when they try to activate Teamviewer for me to connect.

I am online and Internet connected when I try to use Teamviewer, so I don't really understand the problem.

Any suggestions would be most welcomed.

Thanks,

 

Teamviewer Alternative: Ultraviewer

Not sure if anyone is familiar with this one but at work we use Solarwinds Dameware for a LOT of the work we do. For external support we utilize TeamViewer. I believe we share 3 licenses that can be active at a single time. For personal use i also use Teamviewer as well since its very very convenient.

As to the software suggested i rather test it in a Sandbox Environment before i even think of installing on a PC.

 

Connect to windows phone from PC with Teamviewer

So you cannot control Windows Phone with Team viewer but you can control your PC remotely from your device using TeamViewer.

I just installed it on my device and on my PC and it works pretty well although I do think it is hard to do what you want only because of the size of the screen on your device.

Were you able to control your PC from your device?

This might be of some interest:

Which operating systems are supported?
TeamViewer 9 is available for the following operating systems:

Windows

• Windows 2000 / Millennium Edition / NT(Service Pack 6a, at least IE 5.5) / 98*
• Windows 8 / 7 / Vista / XP
• Windows Server 2012 / 2008R2 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000*
• Windows Home Server / Home Server 2011

Mac OS

• Mac OS X 10.6 and later
• Mac OS X 10.5 / 10.4*

Linux

• CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, Mint, Red Hat, SUSE and Ubuntu

Android

• TeamViewer for Remote Control: Android version 2.1 and later
• TeamViewer for Meetings: Android version 2.2 and later
• TeamViewer QuickSupport: Android version 2.3.3 and later

iOS

• TeamViewer for Remote Control: iOS 5.0 and later
• TeamViewer for Meetings: iOS 5.0 and later
• TeamViewer QuickSupport: iOS 5.0 and later

Windows Phone

• TeamViewer for Remote Control: Windows Phone 8 and later