Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect

Ylian

FYI. Just updated MeshCentral Router for Windows with a new relay port map mode. You can now use a remote agent as a TCP relay to access other services on that network. Feedback on it appreciated.

FATeknollogee

@Ylian Not seeing the new "Relay Map"
I'm on 0.3.0-u
edit: let me re-check, BRB
edit: All good

FATeknollogee

@Ylian Relay Map is badass...just used it to 2-step RDP to a machine that does not have MC installed on it.

Ylian

The MeshCentral Router with relay mapping is indeed, very interesting. By the way, just Published MeshCentral v0.3.1-d with server data collection and charts. You probably want to update and wait a few hours to start getting pretty pictures. Data is logged every 5 minutes. Enjoy. Feedback appreciated.

scottalanmiller

@Ylian just updated, but the server died on the update.

Error: Parse error on line 171:
...s
 * @typedef {{
 *   type: u2f.Messag
---------------------^
Expecting 'ID', 'STRING', 'NUMBER', 'BOOLEAN', 'UNDEFINED', 'NULL', 'DATA', got 'INVALID'
    at Parser.parseError (/opt/meshcentral/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/compiler/parser.js:268:19)
    at Parser.parse (/opt/meshcentral/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/compiler/parser.js:337:30)
    at HandlebarsEnvironment.parse (/opt/meshcentral/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/compiler/base.js:46:43)
    at compileInput (/opt/meshcentral/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/compiler/compiler.js:515:19)
    at ret (/opt/meshcentral/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/compiler/compiler.js:524:18)
    at ExpressHandlebars._renderTemplate (/opt/meshcentral/node_modules/express-handlebars/lib/express-handlebars.js:247:12)
    at ExpressHandlebars.<anonymous> (/opt/meshcentral/node_modules/express-handlebars/lib/express-handlebars.js:173:21)

FATeknollogee

Mine updated fine, starting to see some graphed data.

scottalanmiller

@FATeknollogee said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

Mine updated fine, starting to see some graphed data.

I opened an issue on GitHub. No idea what's causing the issue here.

scottalanmiller

After the server runs for a bit with the parsing error, this error appears on the console...

{ Error: Command failed: /root/.nvm/versions/node/v11.4.0/bin/node /opt/meshcentral2/node_modules/meshcentral --launch
/opt/meshcentral2/node_modules/meshcentral/db.js:413
                            func({ nodes: nodeCount, meshes: meshCount, powerEvents: powerCount, users: userCount, nodeInterfaces: nodeInterfaceCount, notes: noteCount, connectEvent: nodeLastConnectCount, smbios: nodeSmbiosCount, total: totalCount });
                                                                                     ^

ReferenceError: powerCount is not defined
    at /opt/meshcentral2/node_modules/meshcentral/db.js:413:86
    at newArguments.(anonymous function) (/opt/meshcentral2/node_modules/nedb/lib/executor.js:29:17)
    at Cursor.execFn (/opt/meshcentral2/node_modules/nedb/lib/datastore.js:445:12)
    at callback (/opt/meshcentral2/node_modules/nedb/lib/cursor.js:126:19)
    at /opt/meshcentral2/node_modules/nedb/lib/cursor.js:193:12
    at /opt/meshcentral2/node_modules/nedb/lib/datastore.js:329:14
    at Object.async.eachSeries (/opt/meshcentral2/node_modules/nedb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:130:20)
    at /opt/meshcentral2/node_modules/nedb/lib/datastore.js:323:11
    at fn (/opt/meshcentral2/node_modules/nedb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:582:34)
    at Immediate.<anonymous> (/opt/meshcentral2/node_modules/nedb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:498:34)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:632:19)

    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:294:12)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:194:15)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:978:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:265:5)
  killed: false,
  code: 1,
  signal: null,
  cmd:
   '/root/.nvm/versions/node/v11.4.0/bin/node /opt/meshcentral2/node_modules/meshcentral --launch' }
ERROR: MeshCentral failed with critical error, check MeshErrors.txt. Restarting in 5 seconds...

Ylian

@scottalanmiller Many thanks for reporting this on GitHub. Did a bunch of fixes to minification and NeDB code as a result. Very must appreciated.

scottalanmiller

@Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller Many thanks for reporting this on GitHub. Did a bunch of fixes to minification and NeDB code as a result. Very must appreciated.

Thanks. On 0.3.1-h now and all is working great.

scottalanmiller

Busy day here...

Screenshot from 2019-03-26 14-12-15.png

Ylian

Nice! Today I added a "Log scale" option because some data was really off. I also made it so some data points start expiring as times goes on. One hidden feature, you can click on the series names at the top to toggle them.

pmoncho

Anyone else have their screen freeze after the UAC Prompt comes up when connected to Windows clients? (wondering if its just me)

Server is Ubuntu Current
I connect from Windows 10 to MeshCentral
Client system is Windows 10

Tried,

-Disconnect then Reconnect from Desktop
-Refresh MeshCentral

Log out and log in of MC seems to be the only method that works. I can see the UAC prompt and continue on with the support session.

On occasion, after I have logged out and back in of MC, the mouse works but the keyboard doesn't. Have to go through the motions again.

scottalanmiller

@pmoncho said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

Anyone else have their screen freeze after the UAC Prompt comes up when connected to Windows clients? (wondering if its just me)

Freeze for a short time, yes.

pmoncho

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@pmoncho said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

Anyone else have their screen freeze after the UAC Prompt comes up when connected to Windows clients? (wondering if its just me)

Freeze for a short time, yes.

Hmmmm.... My will freeze until I do something. Waited about 2 hours once.

Does it ever mess with your keyboard but allow the mouse to work?

scottalanmiller

@pmoncho said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@pmoncho said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

Anyone else have their screen freeze after the UAC Prompt comes up when connected to Windows clients? (wondering if its just me)

Freeze for a short time, yes.

Hmmmm.... My will freeze until I do something. Waited about 2 hours once.

Does it ever mess with your keyboard but allow the mouse to work?

No, it's just several seconds here.

Have not seek a keyboard issue like that.

scottalanmiller

0.3.1-o is out now.

scottalanmiller

And now 0.3.1-p before I even had a chance to update.

dafyre

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

And now 0.3.1-p before I even had a chance to update.

Skipped O and went straight to P, lol.

dafyre

Just tested the Mesh Router as well. It works great! Connecting from a hosted server to a lab in my home network (behind double nat) and it works flawlessly!