I followed your instructions and forwarded port 5900 to the LAN IP of the computer I wanted to access and it worked like a charm. Thanks.
Now, is there a way to remotely access more than one computer on a LAN using that method? If 5900 is forwarded to a specific computer, it can't also be forwarded to another computer, can it? Is there a way to use some other port to connect via VNC? > > On Mar 21, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Dan Crutcher <dcrutc...@loumag.com> wrote: > >> Through System Preferences/Sharing I've turned on what look like all the >> appropriate remote sharing settings on a computer at work. How do I get my >> computer at home to connect to it? >> >> Suppose the IP address at work is 22.33.44.55 and the computer's LAN IP on >> the is 192.168.1.10. How would I tell my home computer to go to that address >> and start remote screen sharing? > > There are at least two ways to do this. > > (1) Turn on Back to My Mac in System Preferences-->iCloud in the computer you > want to connect to. Then, it will show up in the Finder sidebar on other > computers using that same iCloud account. This way, you can bypass lots of > port fu and firewall nonsense. > > (2) Since Apple's screen sharing is the same as standard VNC, it uses > external port 5900. You have to set up the router to forward port 5900 to > 192.168.1.10. Then, you can connect to it by Finder-->Go to the address > vnc://22.33.44.56. (This will work to connect to any VNC-enabled machine > connected to the remote LAN.) > >> With Timbuktu I had to open a specific port on my router to send the sharing >> request to the right computer. Do I need to do something like that with >> Apple's built-in screen sharing software? Or can you direct me to some >> instructions on how to do this? > > I’m sure Apple's got a technote or three or four about this. Google is your > friend—even though it sometimes lies. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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