Hello, I have a project I am working on that involves 25 laptops that I need to frequently tend to. It is a real pain to get to every laptop individually and I was wondering if anybody knew of a software that I can install on the laptops to connect them to my main PC so I can control them from one computer, if anybody knows of anything I would really appreciate if you could let me know
How 2 connect many laptops to 1 central computer
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PepeEnjoyer
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Do you want to be able to manage multiple devices at once or how do we need to look at it? you could just turn on RDP for them and set it up so your ''main pc'' has access to all of them, doesnt cost anything but just costs some setup time and for you to understand how to set it up on ur pc, best to just google it or find a vid on youtube, do that 25x on all laptops and there u go
I mean managing them all at once could be a plus but its not necessary, ill look into it, thanks
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You may try RDP via VPN.
So what ur saying is I can make 1 VM on proxmox then clone the vm 25 times? Whats the cost in that?
UncLe Spam
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AnyDesk you can do unattended access and access all from one computer. Someone might say TeamViewer but it's garbage to AnyDesk. I've used everything and AnyDesk is the best. I have 8 laptops in my home and access all of them with AnyDesk.
My only thing is I dont wanna go to the laptop to accept the anydesk permission, is there a way I can just connect without the laptop having to accept it
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You go into settings and setup unattended access where you put in a password. So when you try to connect to that computer ID it will ask for password and you can hop right on. You can also store the password on the computer you are on so you don't have to enter the password every time.
Alr cool imma give it a try, thanks
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https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=how+to+setup+rdp
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Let me google that? Yes , i will! Thanks
imnew
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RDP is very easy to set up if both devices are connected to the same network. I didn't know how to set it up until recently (6 months ago). Just watched a yt video and done in only 15 mins. It's excellent and safe as it's a native windows app.
Once set up you need to save the credentials so you don't have to input every time you log in.
Scroog
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Sure! Even 50 times if you got enough ram and good cpu
Just look for some dedicated server, that's all what you need. 1 VM with W10 should have at least 4gb of ram, 3gb would run too but that's gonna be laggy. You are probably looking for dedicated server with 128gb ram and some better amd epyc cpu...just search cpu benchmark of the server you would like and divide it by 25, you will see how much power you get per vm. I have myself xeon with 32gb ram with like 10 vm's and still enough space for 20 more, but I can run like 8 at the same time because of the cpu and ram. Cost for dedicated server that can run 25 vm's at the same time? I guess something around 200 per month. I never going back to metal, got shitty internet at home but all my VM's can do 1gbit Also I can control them all even from my smartphone with just a bluetooth mouse
Scroog
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Or you can buy your own server and run it from home of course! Than you only pay for electricity...I guess 1500-2000 for the server? No idea how much could electricity cost, depends on where do you live....I just like to have it in datacenterSure! Even 50 times if you got enough ram and good cpu
cheetahogreen
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You can use software like AnyDesk, TeamViewer, or Chrome Remote Desktop to control multiple laptops from your main PC.