----- "John C. Welch" <email@hidden> wrote:
> On 5/27/08 1:08 PM, "Peter Bunn" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Second - (and don't laugh too loud) - I'm currently on a dialup
> > connection... in a rural area with only (fairly) costly broadband
> options
> > at present. Except for large direct file transfers, would I have
> any
> > chance of being able to use other features of ARD over dialup? I
> *can*
> > upgrade to broadband if necessary, but might defer it if I can
> manage
> > basics without.
>
> Over dialup? You'd be better off using SSH. Observing/Controlling
> over
> dialup would be torturous at best.
>
> This is one case where Windows has Mac OS X beat, as RDP is actually
> pretty
> usable over dialup.
Agreed on this point - any form of VNC (which is basically what ARD uses to allow you to control and observe the screen) will be rather frustrating. Just about any form of video connection is pretty much infeasible over dialup, and ARD is no exception.
Answering your primary question, though, I think that ARD is a bit overkill for a single-person support. ARD is designed more for lab management than remote point-to-point support. There are a number of free and better-suited tools for that sort of thing than ARD- NX Client / Server (open-source ones are free), VNC (free), Timbuktu (not free, but very powerful) are a few in that list, as they are designed for one-host-one-client. Paying for an ARD license to assist one person is sort of like buying a big rig truck to move one cardboard box.
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