yes but if we only use 1 will we have to update from apple?

is there 2 pieces of software needed? client and admin.... if apple already has it built in why do we need it again? also, this is scary but, it doesnt say which ports on a router we need to open up.... does it bypass router security?


http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304569


Apple Remote Desktop 3.1 provides two update packages:

Apple Remote Desktop 3.1 Client
Apple Remote Desktop 3.1 Admin

Last time, thought I was pretty clear about this..

ARD client is built into every OS X install (from 10.2 on).
Without purchasing ARD, you cannot get the admin app.
Without the admin app you cannot connect to a remote ARD client.
If you only have 1 Mac to control, then you only need a 10 license version of ARD.
If you plan on controlling more than 10 Macs, then you need to purchase the unlimited license version of ARD.
A simple Google search reveals the port(s) ARD uses.

The ARD software that is installed on each OS X machine provides a VNC server. So you need a VNC client program to "talk" to that server.
Those are the terms used in the VNC world - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC
But Apple seems to use the opposite convention - calling the software that is on each OS X machine an ARD "client" and the other part they call "admin".

And of course ARD supplies much more than just VNC - but if all you need to do is see and control the screen of a remote Mac, the builtin VNC server and a free VNC client program will do fine.

This has the port forwarding information:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106847