[Discuss] working remotely with

[A Gilmore]

chris wakefield wrote:
> Greetings all.
> 
> It seems I have an opportunity to manage about 6 or 7 windows boxes on a 'nix 
> firewalled LAN in Cowichan Valley from "here" in Victoria.
> 
> Just for the record, there is no money changing hands here, it's a volunteer 
> effort for a "sustainable living eco village" which has apparently gained 
> international attention.
> 
> Anyways, I seem to be heading towards a Administrator position here, and I 
> need a little advice; ............scary I know, but none-the-less, it's 
> happening..........:^)
> 
> Although the LAN is within driving distance, I don't want to pop over the 
> Malahat every time I need to tweak the system.  I would like to use my main 
> machine (Debian x86_64 testing) to do the work (rather than firing up my 
> windows machine).
> 
> QUESTION:
> What would be the best way to work graphically with the XP boxes through this 
> firewall?
> 
> 
> Any suggestions are welcome,
> Thanks.
> Chris W.

Assuming it's not XP Home, I'd recommend just using RDP via rdesktop.

- Adrien