Specifications

Connections, clicking the Local Area Connection icon and scrolling down to the

Details area in the left pane).

Note

You can obtain the IP Address of an administrator thin client by hovering the

mouse arrow over the VNC icon in the system tray of the administrator

taskbar.

A password for the administrator to use must be entered into the WinVNC:

Current User Properties dialog box.

For the WinVNC: Current User Properties dialog box option details, refer to

the VNC Web site.

VNC Viewer Setup and Operation

VNC Viewer software is included as a component of the Rapport Administrative Software

suite and must be installed on the remote (shadowing) machine. The administrator/user of

the remote machine must know the IP address/name and the password of a thin client (the

desktop that is to be operated/monitored).

If another machine is to be used to access your thin client, the VNC Viewer software for

Unix/Linux and Win32 (Windows 95 and Windows NT) is available at no charge and can

be downloaded for installation on the remote machine from:

http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/

Note

Detailed information on setting up and using VNC is available at the VNC

Web site.

The administrator/user of the remote (shadowing) machine can log-on to a thin client by

completing the following procedures:

1. Double-click the VNC Viewer icon to open the Connection Details dialog box.

Figure 32 VNC Connection Details dialog box

2. (Optional) If the network is slow, click Options... to open the Connection Options

dialog box.

3. (Optional) Select the Restrict Pixels to 8-bit check box in the Display area (this

increases speed at the expense of display quality), and click OK to return to the

Connection Details dialog box.