Apple Remote Desktop vs. Logmein

Hi,
I want to have a solution to monitor my office server (10.5 server) from my home computer (10.5). Is ARD the only option, or is logmein free sufficient enough?
Basically I want to just monitor a RAID tower that is connected to the office server. We are running a sonicwall tz 180 on the office server, and I have a linksys WRT54GL running DD-WRT at home.
Any info would help~
thanks,
noiceT

You can use a number of tools. ARD, Chicken of the VNC, Timbuktu, or if both machines are running 10.5, just the built in VNC (look up how to use Command-K in the Finder or the Screen Sharing application). It's a 2 step process:
Turn on remote access on the target machine by selecting the Sharing panel in the System Preferences, then either screen sharing or remote management is configured.
Then Command-K, and access that target machine with the server addy of vnc://123.123.123.123 (or whatever the IP is of the desired machine).
CotVNC and similar products are as easy to use. You'll have to know how to configure port forwarding or DMZ for the target machine on the Sonic, and consider firewalls all around. In general, VNC starts with port 5900, but that too can be changed depending on your needs.

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