[HELP] RustDesk connections hanging / reliable alternatives? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 hours ago by yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Background: I have a laptop in one room on one floor that I'd like to be able to remote into from another laptop in another room on another floor. All spaces are covered by wifi. In general, I always prefer free and open source tools when available, which is why I've been trying RustDesk, and I really want to like it.

Problem: It seems like every 5 to 10 minutes, the connection hangs, and the only way to restore the connection is for me to bring my laptop upstairs and reset the connection on both machines. This is a significant impediment that renders the app basically unusable in my case.

Has anyone else had this issue? If so, how did you resolve it? Or if you use a different tool, which one, and how's that going for you?

On AlternativeTo.net, I'm seeing suggestions such as TigerVNC and HopToDesk, although I haven't tried either of them.

Both laptops are running popular Linux distros w/ graphical desktops (Mint, Fedora, etc).

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[-] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

afaik correct me if im wrong but rust desk is not really the right tool for that. Rustdesk connects devices by connecting all the way through the internet to the rustdesk servers and then to the other device.

VNC or RDP are the right approaches here, cause you can use them to connect through the local network, never leaving your LAN/intranet. In addition to not needing a connection to the internet it should be more reliable that way.

If you use KDE then I think their krdc gui is pretty good. Otherwise Remmina.

For the server part, tigerVNC is fine.

[-] yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Thanks for the tip. I've installed TigerVNC server on the host machine and connected to it from another laptop. Now my problem is that when I connect, it takes me to a clean session instead of showing me the existing session. A quick internet search and I stumbled upon x0vncserver, but no instructions how to install it. Or is it already installed? When I issue x0vncserver on the host, I get x0vncserver: command not found. Any tips on what I should try or search next?