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Any Mac techies here?

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  • 06-28-2006, 07:46 PM
    jglass38
    Any Mac techies here?
    I need to be able to remotely control a Mac from another Mac through a direct cable connection. Does anybody know a software that would do it?

    Mac 1 - Host
    OS X 10.4
    Intel processor

    Mac 2 - Remote
    OS X 10.4
    Non Intel processor

    Mac 2 needs to be able to control Mac 1 and Mac 1 also needs to have full control of the mouse/keyboard at the same time. It needs to be direct cable because the processing that will happen on the Mac cant be interrupted and neither can the connectivity between the machines. Thanks in advance!

    Jamie
  • 06-28-2006, 08:50 PM
    Boarder4l154
    Re: Any Mac techies here?
    I'm looking into this for ya... but I'm curious, why do you need to do this???
  • 06-28-2006, 08:53 PM
    Adam_Wysocki
    Re: Any Mac techies here?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Boarder4l154
    I'm looking into this for ya.

    Jamie, you're in luck ... Big Brad is wicked smaaat ... expect when it comes to turning the water off. ;)

    -adam
  • 06-28-2006, 08:54 PM
    jglass38
    Re: Any Mac techies here?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Boarder4l154
    I'm looking into this for ya... but I'm curious, why do you need to do this???

    The boss has a special project. He didn't give me many details except for the framework. Thanks brutha!
  • 06-28-2006, 08:55 PM
    jglass38
    Re: Any Mac techies here?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
    Jamie, you're in luck ... Big Brad is wicked smaaat ... expect when it comes to turning the water off. ;)

    -adam

    Burn!! Poor Brad... :)
  • 06-28-2006, 10:12 PM
    SarahMB
    Re: Any Mac techies here?
    Install this on the one that needs to be controlled:
    http://www.redstonesoftware.com/vnc.html
    Install this on the one that needs to control it:
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/

    And then connect the two with either a crossover ethernet cable, or a firewire cable.
    Either one can be setup for networking from the network configuration pane.

    Whichever one you use, setup a network between them using private ip addresses...
    ie. machine 1 = 10.0.0.1 , machine 2 = 10.0.0.2 , netmask = 255.255.255.0
  • 06-28-2006, 10:16 PM
    jglass38
    Re: Any Mac techies here?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SarahMB
    Install this on the one that needs to be controlled:
    http://www.redstonesoftware.com/vnc.html
    Install this on the one that needs to control it:
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/

    And then connect the two with either a crossover ethernet cable, or a firewire cable.
    Either one can be setup for networking from the network configuration pane.

    Whichever one you use, setup a network between them using private ip addresses...
    ie. machine 1 = 10.0.0.1 , machine 2 = 10.0.0.2 , netmask = 255.255.255.0

    Awesome!! I wasnt sure if it would work with a firewire cable but a crossover will work just as well! I know nothing about Mac (I am a Microsoft engineer) so I wanted to get some input on how to make this happen. Thanks Sarah!
  • 06-28-2006, 10:22 PM
    SarahMB
    Re: Any Mac techies here?
    No problem...glad I could finally help someone out around here!
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