[CoLoCo] Remote Access

[Derek Buranen]

Ok, I'm very, very familiar with this subject.  I use reverse VNC
connections everyday and even multiple times a day.

Years ago, I started a wiki page on the subject.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RemoteAccessAndSupport

Ultimately, the solution I use is "x11vnc" and I tell the person who needs
help to type "x11vnc -connect 123.45.67.89" where that address is my WAN IP
(which you can find by www.ipchicken.com).  On my end, I forward port 5500
to my computer and run "vncviewer -listen" prior to them running x11vnc.

Then one night, Gerber and I made gitso as a nice way to learn a little
about Python and GTK.
http://code.google.com/p/gitso/

In any event, using x11vnc means that the person who needs help doesn't have
to do anything special other than be on the internet.  They don't have to
login to their router.  They don't have to set up port forwarding.  It's
very painless to them!

Good luck with it.

-Derek
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