On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 16:08 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > At work: windows computer which runs putty and vnc server. > > At home: linux machines, one running openssh server. > > Therefore I can only initiate ssh from the office end. > > I can easily use putty to enable access to web servers on the home > machine, but can I set something up so that I can connect to the vnc > server on the office machine from a vnc client at home? Is it as > simple as connecting port 5900 on the windows machine to a defined > port, say 2000, on the openssh server at home?
Make sure the work machine has a static IP on the work network. In the ADSL Modem / Router at work set up TCP port forwarding for ports 5800 and 5900 to the work machine running the VNC Server. Make sure that any firewalls allow the traffic through to the work machine. Make sure you've set a default password for the VNC server on that machine. >From there you should be able to use vncviewer under linux to connect to the office IP and have the connection forwarded to the VNC server machine.
