Using the pcAnywhere program

I have the "pcAnywhere" v. 11.5 program. I'll be leaving my usual location for awhile, and figured this might be a good way to remotely access my home/office computer, if needed.

Does anyone here have experience using this program? Any problems?

I did a Google search about the software and it turned up problems with pcAnywhere v.11. I haven't see anything negative about v.11.5.

Also, an article mentioned that if one of the computers linked by pcAnywhere (pcA)is on a dial-up connection, the performance may be too slow to make pcA usable. It said because pcA constantly redraws a picture of the host computer, using it with a dial-up may not work so well. My home computer is on a dial-up ISP.

Finally, while my home computer is a Win98SE machine, I'm almost certain the computer I'll be using while away will be an issued laptop with XP on it.

Thanks for any ideas or advice.