Access my thin client remotely

free2talk · Post by **free2talk** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:14 pm

Hi All ,

I have a question regarding ways to access the thin client .I have bought a t5700 and do not have a keyboard.
How can i access it remotely using my laptop ? ( I do have a spare monitor though)
Do I have to install the remote software on the thin client or on my laptop.

Thanks.

lymon · Post by **lymon** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:43 pm

IF you are using Teamviewer you will probably want to install it on thin client and either install or run it standalone from your laptop.

Obviously to accomplish this you will need a monitor and keyboard (a mouse would be helpful too) at least temporarily to set up the thin client.

free2talk · Post by **free2talk** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:14 pm

Seems i will have to get a keyboard at least to set up team viewer on the thin client.

Thats what i wanted to know thanks.

rictic · Post by **rictic** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:26 pm

Once you have teamviewer installed and configured on your TC (don't forget to COMMIT) then you can remove the monitor, mouse & kbd and it will run quite happily (at least mine does). If you really, really want to use the MJ softphone then you can simply connect from your laptop and use it. I don't know who initially came up with running MJ on a thin client, it was a brilliant idea......

PTravel · Post by **PTravel** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:41 pm

Assuming you have enough memory, you can use any of the free VNC servers (RealVNC, UltraVNC, etc.). I access my t5720 that way -- it works great. Make sure you open the Sygate firewall for ports 5800 and 5900 or, better still, remove Sygate entirely (you don't need it if you're behind a router, almost all of which provide a hardware firewall, and it would be impossible to do damage to a thin client anyway -- just reboot and everything's back to normal).