Of course, back then there were no such things as Internet-enabled Windows Mobile devices.
In fact, at the time the Internet itself was only in its infancy.
Not the least of which is connecting and controlling your computerfrom anywhere in the world.
Today, it’s not only a reality, but it’s completely free.
Dave previously wrote abouthow to remotely control your mobile machine with your desktop.
There are a lot of reasons why that would be useful.
However, the reverse is just as useful.
But how exactly does it work?
The best available client that I’ve found is the open source Windows Mobile.NET VNC Viewercreated by Rocky Lo.
This viewer is an impressive mobile version of the desktop version of the Real VNC client.
Lo fully tested his latest version on an HP 4150 with Windows Mobile 2003.
But in my opinion, the most useful tweaks in this app are the display options.
These are tweaks you’ve got the option to tweak if you find that the display updates slowly.
I ran the client software while my phone was connected directly to my home Wi-Fi data pipe.
My parameters could use a bit of tweaking.
Other options include sending special keys likecontrol-alt-deleteand other tasks typical of a normal VNC viewer.
How can you configure things so that you’re free to connect your mobile phone through your router?
It’s extremely simple.
First, get into your router parameters and modify port forwarding.
Within Linksys, this is typically under applications & gaming.
I’d never consider trying to connect to my home VNC servers over the cellphone web connection.
While it would work, it would take ages to connect and update.
