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Remote KVM recommendations (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Zonefive@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I have three networked Win10/11 PCs at our small family business that occasionally need to be accessed and maintained from my Fedora PC at home. I’ve used Google Remote Desktop for a while but it’s unreliable and also F Google.

Was looking at the Gl-Inet Comet products which look promising as they say they work without cloud access, but they’re a tad spendy. If it’s the best option I’m willing to drop the coin.

Are there better options?

Thanks!

Edit: Wow, thank you all for so much useful feedback and excellent recommendations! I have lots to dig in to.

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[–] bmcgonag@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

RustDesk is great, you can run the server on your own hardware, and set up the clients for unattended access. No need for a VPN, as long as all clients on both ends can find your server.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 5 months ago

RustDesk is a great option too for just Remote Access. Though I find it's performance a bit slow, and with VPN I can use any tool I need same as on the LAN (my workflow is unchanged).

I do use RustDesk for the adhoc situations (friend needs help/new machine, etc). It's faster to setup for ad-hoc support vs adding a Tailscale client.