Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect

Ylian

@mattbagan Follow the instructions to run your own MeshCentral server. No need to log in to anything. On a different topic, MeshCentral.com still runs the old v1 code and I will be migrating it to v2 sometime next year.

scottalanmiller

The "y" release just dropped. We just updated. @Romo

scottalanmiller

@mattbagan said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

Am I supposed to create an account on their site or just follow the guide?

Do an install. Don't create an account.

Donahue

wow, thats awesome that @Ylian is here. It's a treat when you can interact with the dev

travisdh1

@Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller You guys are going to flood me with bug reports! Yes, please file them on GitHub. Very must appreciated. I am going back to code now. Got plenty to go fix.

So great to have you even looking, let alone responding to us here!

gjacobse

Looks interesting to say the least. there are obvious differences - but not so much so that if you look at it for a few you can figure things out.

gjacobse

Chat:

There doesn't seem to be a chat feature. At least at the moment. but I have only looked at the system like ten minutes.

scottalanmiller

@gjacobse said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

Chat:

There doesn't seem to be a chat feature. At least at the moment. but I have only looked at the system like ten minutes.

There is, we have a bug report open about it. Causes some issues with some clients.

Romo

@gjacobse said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

Chat:

There doesn't seem to be a chat feature. At least at the moment. but I have only looked at the system like ten minutes.

There is not like screen connect that a small chat window pops up, rather it tries to open a webpage with the chat url.

Romo

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@gjacobse said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

Chat:

There doesn't seem to be a chat feature. At least at the moment. but I have only looked at the system like ten minutes.

There is, we have a bug report open about it. Causes some issues with some clients.

It not actually the chat, we didn't use the chat on many of the machines that had the popup.

scottalanmiller

@Romo said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@gjacobse said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

Chat:

There doesn't seem to be a chat feature. At least at the moment. but I have only looked at the system like ten minutes.

There is, we have a bug report open about it. Causes some issues with some clients.

It not actually the chat, we didn't use the chat on many of the machines that had the popup.

I'm wondering if I had tried to test it during the install last night but it only alerted today.

Romo

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@Romo said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@gjacobse said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

Chat:

There doesn't seem to be a chat feature. At least at the moment. but I have only looked at the system like ten minutes.

There is, we have a bug report open about it. Causes some issues with some clients.

It not actually the chat, we didn't use the chat on many of the machines that had the popup.

I'm wondering if I had tried to test it during the install last night but it only alerted today.

It could be but again not the cause, Ylian also mentioned he started seeing the popup yesterday. So probably something on the new builds triggers it.

wrx7m

Just to confirm. I know for a fact that SC does allow remote control of Samsung devices. I have played with it. Also, teamviewer has an app that allows you to do the same; generate the code on the device and enter it into the controller side.

Ylian

@Romo Just fixed Win7 "Interactive Services Detection" bug in MeshCentral v0.2.5-b. If it happens again, let me know.

scottalanmiller

@Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@Romo Just fixed Win7 "Interactive Services Detection" bug in MeshCentral v0.2.5-b. If it happens again, let me know.

Updating now

black3dynamite

Getting a hang with configuring the config.json file. I've only done two settings right now.
mongodb without authentication and smtp.

Edit: This is what I have in my config.json file so far.
I still can't reset account or verify email even though I get this message after start MeshCentral
SMTP mail server smtp.gmail.com working as expected.

{
    "settings": {
        "mongodb": "mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/meshcentral",
        "mongodbcol": "meshcentral"
    },
    "domains": {
        "": {
            "title": "My MeshCentral",
            "title2": "mc01",
            "userQuota": 1048576,
            "meshQuota": 248576,
            "newAccounts": 0
        }
    },
    "smtp": {
        "host": "smtp.gmail.com",
        "port": 587,
        "from": "[email protected]",
        "user": "[email protected]",
        "pass": "password",
        "tls": false
    }
}

Dashrender

@black3dynamite said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

Getting a hang with configuring the config.json file. I've only done two settings right now.
mongodb without authentication and smtp.

Edit: This is what I have in my config.json file so far.
I still can't reset account or verify email even though I get this message after start MeshCentral
SMTP mail server smtp.gmail.com working as expected.
{
    "settings": {
        "mongodb": "mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/meshcentral",
        "mongodbcol": "meshcentral"
    },
    "domains": {
        "": {
            "title": "My MeshCentral",
            "title2": "mc01",
            "userQuota": 1048576,
            "meshQuota": 248576,
            "newAccounts": 0
        }
    },
    "smtp": {
        "host": "smtp.gmail.com",
        "port": 587,
        "from": "[email protected]",
        "user": "[email protected]",
        "pass": "password",
        "tls": false
    }
}

Why is TLS set to false? Does google's email servers require a trusted cert on your side to accept TLS traffic?

JaredBusch

@Dashrender said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@black3dynamite said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Getting a hang with configuring the config.json file. I've only done two settings right now.
mongodb without authentication and smtp.

Edit: This is what I have in my config.json file so far.
I still can't reset account or verify email even though I get this message after start MeshCentral
SMTP mail server smtp.gmail.com working as expected.
{
    "settings": {
        "mongodb": "mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/meshcentral",
        "mongodbcol": "meshcentral"
    },
    "domains": {
        "": {
            "title": "My MeshCentral",
            "title2": "mc01",
            "userQuota": 1048576,
            "meshQuota": 248576,
            "newAccounts": 0
        }
    },
    "smtp": {
        "host": "smtp.gmail.com",
        "port": 587,
        "from": "[email protected]",
        "user": "[email protected]",
        "pass": "password",
        "tls": false
    }
}
Why is TLS set to false? Does google's email servers require a trusted cert on your side to accept TLS traffic?

Thyat's the first thing that jumped at me also.

scottalanmiller

My new morning ritual, seeing if I have a MeshCentral update to deploy They seem to come out about every three hours during the production day.

pmoncho

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

My new morning ritual, seeing if I have a MeshCentral update to deploy They seem to come out about every three hours during the production day.

I think you brought that on yourself!