In fact, there are a lot of computer remote control software on the iPad. The so-called remote control software allows you to use another device to operate your home computer, even if you are not in front of the computer, so it mainly uses the network to transmit screen images and Operate the command. Taking the iPad as an example, after installing remote control software on the computer and iPad, even if a person is outside, the iPad can display exactly the same screen as the computer at home, and the iPad can be used to operate the computer at home. Therefore, if you want to watch videos stored on your home computer, or occasionally connect to your company computer to handle official business, remote control software is a good application.

Today I will introduce a set of iPad-specific remote control software called "Splashtop Remote Desktop for iPad" (hereinafter referred to as SRD, it also has an iPhone version). It has the above-mentioned remote control functions, and regardless of Whether indoors or outdoors, you can easily connect to your home computer without too many settings.

SRD is a paid software, the iPad version costs $2.99, and the iPhone version is $0.99. The other two versions have free LITE trials, but they're only available for 5 minutes per connection.

SRD can be downloaded from the App Store.

To use SRD, you just need to download the iPad app, then go to the Splashtop official website to download the computer-side Splashtop Remote server application and install it, and then you can use it after some simple settings.

Before use, go to the Splashtop official website to download Splashtop Remote. (Click the orange button on the right to download)

Splashtop Remote computer software supports Windows and Mac.

After installation, a setting wizard will pop up first.

The wizard will first explain the general setting method.

To use SRD to control the computer, you must first set a password and enter the password before it can be used.

After setting the password, the wizard process is over.

This is the program interface of Splashtop Remote on the computer. Here you can turn on or off the server. After it is turned off, SRD will not be able to connect.

In the settings, you can choose to start Splashtop Remote Streamer when starting up, or you can transfer all the sound from the computer to the iPad after the SRD is connected. /p>

You can change the login password on the security page.

The network page can change the connection port number. It is recommended that you do not touch it.

On the iPad, after turning on SRD, first it It will automatically scan the network for computers with the Splashtop Remote Streamer server turned on. Once found, the computer name will be displayed in the list. After clicking it, SRD will start to establish a connection with the computer and display the screen image on the iPad. So to useThe necessary prerequisite is that the computer must be turned on. If your computer supports Wake on LAN, then SRD also supports waking the computer directly from the shutdown state.

As mentioned earlier, since SRD uses the network to transmit screen images, sound effects and control commands, the speed of the network is very important for the connection quality. When the server and iPad are on the same network segment (for example, under the same wireless network), the connection quality of SRD is quite good. Although the refresh rate of the picture is not very high, the picture quality is pretty good.

This is the main screen of SRD. If it finds the computer, it will be displayed on the list.

After clicking on the computer, the program will first ask for the login password.

After successfully entering the password, the computer desktop will appear. , and simple usage instructions will be displayed.

By default, the program will reduce the desktop to the resolution of iPad (1024 x 768). If you are not used to it, , you can also use the original resolution of the computer desktop, but then the iPad will not be able to see the complete desktop.

In SRD, you can use your favorite browser to surf the Internet. Flash is of course not a problem (because you are using the browser of your home computer)

Watching the video is okay, because of the connection, the screen updates Of course the rate won't be 24 or 30 FPS, but it won't be too low to watch.

Click the keyboard icon in the lower right corner of the screen to open the virtual keyboard. The advantage of SRD is that you can type directly using the input method on your computer.

< p> Use three fingers to tap the screen, and a setting toolbar will appear at the bottom of the screen

The screen can be adjusted to quality priority or speed priority. The screen update rate with speed priority will be higher, but the screen will be blurry and mosaic

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You can also adjust the screen orientation to lock it

It can also be used when you are away

< p> However, the most useful time for a remote program is when you are away from home. Since you are at home, why not just use the computer? Therefore, the remote control program must have good remote connection capabilities. SRD has done a good job in this part. Generally speaking, since most people's external network connections are usually floating IPs (that is, the IP for each connection is not fixed), so if you want to connect home from the outside, It will be more difficult because you don't know what the IP connected to your home is; SRD uses Google account authentication to solve this problem.

As mentioned earlier, SRD will automatically search for computers with the server turned on. However, since people are outside, they must not be able to find them no matter how much they search; therefore, this version of SRD has added a Google account verification mechanism. Enter your Google account on both the computer and iPad, and SRD will automatically search for your home computer, even if the computer uses an IP sharer to access the Internet or is behind a firewall.It doesn’t matter, and you don’t need to do much setting.

However, it should be noted that this "Internet Discovery" function is still in the beta testing stage, so Splashtop is not enabled in SRD by default. Add this function to SRD. After actual testing, I found that after installing this function, I can really connect to my computer outside. However, due to the use of 3G Internet access, the picture quality is not very good and the connection is a bit slow, so it is still usable.

After installing the Internet Discovery function, Splashtop Remote Streamer will have more A Google authentication function, just enter your Google account.

Then, SRD can be searched even if the person is outside Computer at home.

You can use your iPad to operate your home computer, which is very convenient for some mobile office workers. The only drawback is that its Internet Discovery function is still in the beta stage, so users need to install it separately. It can only be used, and the convenience is reduced.