Good luck - I'll watch this thread with interest.There are plenty of apps that allow you to control a remote PC from your phone or tablet, but what if you want to go the other way? What if you need to help a friend, relative, or employee with his or her mobile device? is still working adequately on the laptop then at least you needn't run totally headless and can relocate it next to your 'controller' machine to make the diagnosis process more convenient. Possibly a long shot but if you can't get in at any time when the VPN client is running then could a firewall be blocking TeamViewer's access via the network adaptor? Are you sure that TV is configured for on-LAN use only and isn't trying to go via the WAN? I imagine there's some squabbling over the 'TAP Windows V9 network adaptor'. If I wait until the VPN connection is likely to have been made and everything has settled down (those old machines can get severely stretched by several instances of svchost hammering the CPU) then I can VNC back into the laptop.

I assume it's because the VPN client program activates its 'TAP-Win32 Adaptor' and, in so doing, pulls the rug from under VNC. I find that activating the VPN always breaks the LAN connection. I use VNC on the LAN rather than TV and have a 'headless' laptop which runs TightVNC as a service and sometimes runs a VPN (using the VPN provider's client program). Servodude wrote: on one of the PCs (an old VAIO laptop running Vista) I find it useful to occasionally run NordVPN. there is no latency with shared folders etc)ĭoes anyone have any suggestions of what I can try? It might successfully achieve a connection, but it will have travelled halfway around the world in doing so and be all the slower for it.įor all other purposes the PC remains visible and happy on the local network (e.g. If TeamViewer is working over the LAN you can use the IP address of the PC to connect this stops happening when the VPN is running. When I do so I find that I am unable to connect via TeamViewer using the LAN. However on one of the PCs (an old VAIO laptop running Vista) I find it useful to occasionally run NordVPN.

On each of them TeamViewer is configured to 'allow' LAN connections it does not use them not exclusively though as it can be really useful to access these from outside of the house also.

I have a variety of different old PCs, billeted around the house performing different duties, that I like to control using TeamViewer. Wondering if anyone might be able to offer some some insight in to a particular problem I am encountering.

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