Author Topic: Why..?  (Read 3839 times)

davefaz

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Why..?
« on: June 26, 2016, 04:24:17 PM »
Why is teamviewer talking through the internet when the machines it's talking between are ten feet apart on the same local network?
Because each PC is has a different internet IP it takes ages to transfer data between the two of them and it goes the most impossibly convoluted path, and yet there they are on the same local network.
I don't understand why Teamviewer doesn't recognise the fact that they are on the same local network and let them communicate over that local network.
Also, I would like to stop internet communication for security purposes, but this seems impossible.
I don't understand why on earth there isn't a configuration that allows local network communication without having to enter an IP address! Why can't it just be point and click as it is with an account? Surely this is a major security issue when it need not be?

matt

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Re: Why..?
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2016, 03:31:33 PM »
From what I understand, the connection passwords and encryption are via the Teamviewer server (ie intennet) but the rest of the remote access should just be LAN

Check your advanced settings, there are settings about accepting LAN connections, even exclusively...