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VPS Using VNC Viewer - help appreciated

  • #1
  • First Post: May 14, 2014 4:32am May 14, 2014 4:32am
Hi, wondering if any technically minded folks can help me with this. I have a Mac where I use VNC Veiwer to connect to a Linux Forex VPS (not to trade, only for MT4 charts as I'm on a mac and also want 24/7 push notifications to the iPhone). It's working ok but I have a few questions.
1. Screen View -How can I get the VNC viewer screen to go full screen on the mac? At the moment it's in a small window and putting it in full screen mode just has a massive black border around the screen instead of taking up the screen properly? I've tried to adjust settings but to no avail!
2. Password - Is there any way to get it to securely remember my password so I don't have to enter it each time?
3. Lag - There is a slight jerkiness/lag when running MT4 (not too bad) - is this to be expected on all VPS servers or if I upgrade the server do you think this can be eliminated?
4. Sound - When alerts are hit on MT4 I hear no sound - anyone know how to get them to come through on the Mac speakers from VNC Viewer?

Hope someone is able to help, getting these sorted will make my trading day much more pleasant! Cheers
  • #2
  • May 14, 2014 5:37am May 14, 2014 5:37am
Have you tired Teamviewer? Try that one and it is free too!!
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  • #3
  • May 16, 2014 6:37pm May 16, 2014 6:37pm
Quoting sharemaster2
Have you tired Teamviewer? Try that one and it is free too!!
Got the host trying to help with VNC Viewer but I'll def check that out later today, cheers
  • #4
  • May 16, 2014 7:13pm May 16, 2014 7:13pm
Quoting messiah01
3. Lag - There is a slight jerkiness/lag when running MT4 (not too bad) - is this to be expected on all VPS servers or if I upgrade the server do you think this can be eliminated?
I have not used VNC in quite a while. However, when I did, it was sluggish compared to using the windows native Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Server). So another alternative would be to use Remote Desktop Services if your VPS windows version comes with it (Windows server versions should have it installed). I would think the terminal server is already running on the VPS.

There is a remote desktop client for Mac:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl....aspx?id=18140
  • #5
  • May 16, 2014 8:30pm May 16, 2014 8:30pm
What is TightVNC? http://www.tightvnc.com/

TightVNC is a free remote control software package. With TightVNC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that computer. TightVNC is:

  1. free for both personal and commercial usage, with full source code available,
  2. useful in administration, tech support, education, and for many other purposes,
  3. cross-platform, available for Windows and Unix, with Java client included,
  4. compatible with standard VNC software, conforming to RFB protocol specifications.

With TightVNC, you can:

  1. cut your expenses and save your time on traveling,
  2. help your friends and family to solve problems with their computers remotely,
  3. make sure nothing wrong is happening on your computers when you are away.

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Hi messiah01,

Try this i am sticking with it, its not best but more secure than Teamviewer spamers.

Thanks & regards,

Hukam

  • #6
  • May 21, 2014 11:29pm May 21, 2014 11:29pm
The lag on the VNC Viewer is most likely caused by the latency between you and the server. What sort of latency are you seeing?

Windows RDP works much different than VNC Viewer, it only updates parts of the screen instead of the whole screen. The whole foundation of the protocol was built to work with Dial-Up so it's very light on bandwidth and forgiving with higher latency.

Does VNC Viewer support sound?
  • #7
  • May 23, 2014 8:01am May 23, 2014 8:01am
Quoting TradingPro99
The lag on the VNC Viewer is most likely caused by the latency between you and the server. What sort of latency are you seeing? Windows RDP works much different than VNC Viewer, it only updates parts of the screen instead of the whole screen. The whole foundation of the protocol was built to work with Dial-Up so it's very light on bandwidth and forgiving with higher latency. Does VNC Viewer support sound?
Traderpro that sounds good, I've got somewhere with VNC viewer now but any more bother I'll definitely give that a try.

After investigating further:
1. Screen View - I was able to get the host to adjust the VPS resolution to my Mac screen size
2. Password - On the free version I was able to create a desktop icon with the connection so it's quick to load, the password is stored in plain txt apparently (free version) so not the best but I only use MT4 for charts so not too much of a problem.
3. Lag - Yes the host says this is a pure latency issue, it's not so bad really.
4. Sound - I've been advised that you can't get sound to play over a connection like this, can you through RDP? It's not such an issue now as I have notifications working to come through to the iPhone

Thanks all
  • #8
  • Last Post: May 23, 2014 9:42am May 23, 2014 9:42am
Quoting messiah01
{quote} Traderpro that sounds good, I've got somewhere with VNC viewer now but any more bother I'll definitely give that a try. After investigating further: 1. Screen View - I was able to get the host to adjust the VPS resolution to my Mac screen size 2. Password - On the free version I was able to create a desktop icon with the connection so it's quick to load, the password is stored in plain txt apparently (free version) so not the best but I only use MT4 for charts so not too much of a problem. 3. Lag - Yes the host says this is a pure latency...
#4 - Yes you can! RDP will even compress the sound if the connection between the two of you isn't that fast.
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