On 12/24/2013 2:04 PM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 01:42:24 -0800, mike wrote:

I never learned whether teamviewer sends info thru their servers
or just uses them to set up a direct connection. That could make
a big difference for local use.

PDF:

After the handshake through our master servers, in 70% of
the cases a direct connection via UDP or TCP is established (even
behind standard gateways, NATs and firewalls). The rest of the
connections are routed through our highly redundant router network via
TCP or http-tunnelling.

Yep that's it. If the data has to go out thru my isp and back in to
get to my intranet, performance sucks.
If it doesn't, I don't need teamviewer at all.

I don't like anybody having access to my computers if it's not
necessary. VNC is all you need locally.