MyWebExPC – Remotely Access Your PC

Filed in: Web — January 31st, 2005

MyWebExPC is a web-based service and allows users to access a remote PC through a standard web browser from anywhere in the world. MyWebExPC is available in two versions, a free version called MyWebExPC Free and a subscription version called MyWebExPC Pro.

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Thought:
WebEx is great application for online conference. I had their demo while working for my ex company. It is smooth even on low speed connection. The free account allow you to access 5 PCs.

After watching the demo, I found that it is very similar to VNC(Virtual Network Computing). VNC allows you to remotely access any PC which connected to network/Internet. The best, it is FREE!

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  • Sean Johansen

    It’s definitely not the first free remote access. LogMeIn free has been available for several months and doesn’t cap free computers at 5. LogMeIn is also much more secure that MyWebexPC.

  • Sean Johansen

    It’s definitely not the first free remote access. LogMeIn free has been available for several months and doesn’t cap free computers at 5. LogMeIn is also much more secure that MyWebexPC.

  • http://www.groovyweb.uklinux.net/conferencing/index.php?page_name=MyWebEx%20PC%20Free&category;=MyWebExPc Chris

    Looking at the feature list, MyWebExPC Free seems to offer less features than Microsoft Remote Desktop and LogMeIn (I am talking about the free versions), in that MyWebExPc Free doesn’t support any kind of File Transfer.
    Which is odd, to say the least. However, MyWebExPc Free will as server on Windows 95 unlike remote desktop so I guess it has a usage there.
    The paid for version costs either $9.95/PC/Month or $7.95 ($89.4) if you sign up for the Pro version. At this pricing it is competing with GoToMyPc, which feature wise it seems to fall down against. (A comparison of the features is available at http://www.groovyweb.uklinux.net/conferencing/index.php?page_name=MyWebEx%20PC%20Free&category;=MyWebExPc)

    Of interest, however, is the phone authentication. The security is 128-Bit as you would expect with any remote desktop application, so I don’t agree with the above poster that LogMeIn provides greater security as they seem to have the same level encryption.

  • http://www.groovyweb.uklinux.net/conferencing/index.php?page_name=MyWebEx%20PC%20Free&category=MyWebExPc Chris

    Looking at the feature list, MyWebExPC Free seems to offer less features than Microsoft Remote Desktop and LogMeIn (I am talking about the free versions), in that MyWebExPc Free doesn’t support any kind of File Transfer.
    Which is odd, to say the least. However, MyWebExPc Free will as server on Windows 95 unlike remote desktop so I guess it has a usage there.
    The paid for version costs either $9.95/PC/Month or $7.95 ($89.4) if you sign up for the Pro version. At this pricing it is competing with GoToMyPc, which feature wise it seems to fall down against. (A comparison of the features is available at http://www.groovyweb.uklinux.net/conferencing/index.php?page_name=MyWebEx%20PC%20Free&category=MyWebExPc)

    Of interest, however, is the phone authentication. The security is 128-Bit as you would expect with any remote desktop application, so I don’t agree with the above poster that LogMeIn provides greater security as they seem to have the same level encryption.

  • Antony

    Well, VNC is indeed free and has several variants (TightVNC, RealVNC) but it requires a lot of technical expertise if you are to use it in a DSL environment where you IP address is constantly changing. In this case you need to use it in conjunction of a dynamic DNS service (some of these services are free, like DynDNS). So if you’re not technical that’s not trivial. I personally did that until I found WebEx and LogMeIn, which save me the trouble and are free. Note that they will charge you for file transfer. For this I recommend beinsync (http://www.beinsync.com).

  • Antony

    Well, VNC is indeed free and has several variants (TightVNC, RealVNC) but it requires a lot of technical expertise if you are to use it in a DSL environment where you IP address is constantly changing. In this case you need to use it in conjunction of a dynamic DNS service (some of these services are free, like DynDNS). So if you’re not technical that’s not trivial. I personally did that until I found WebEx and LogMeIn, which save me the trouble and are free. Note that they will charge you for file transfer. For this I recommend beinsync (http://www.beinsync.com).

  • Wilsen

    TightVNC is free and allow you to remote access, it’s just only the user don’t how to use it. TightVNC allow you to set the port number that you want to use, eg: 5900/5800 5901/5801 etc….

    For remote access there is no need to use DDNS those thing, DDNS if you want to host your application or other application, and you need to configure your router if you are using router, virtual server/port forwarding in order to trigger the specified port that you preset dude.

  • Wilsen

    TightVNC is free and allow you to remote access, it’s just only the user don’t how to use it. TightVNC allow you to set the port number that you want to use, eg: 5900/5800 5901/5801 etc….

    For remote access there is no need to use DDNS those thing, DDNS if you want to host your application or other application, and you need to configure your router if you are using router, virtual server/port forwarding in order to trigger the specified port that you preset dude.

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