Bud:
Heya. It definitely sounds as if one of the two sides
of your connection is protected by a firewall, while the other
side isn't. Of course, in the interest of your own sanity,
they both should be protected by a firewall, but that's
another thread completely.
Try this: fire up a web-browser on the VNC server that
you want to be able to connect to from the "real world". Open
a page to "www.GoToMyVNC.com" and run the scan there. If it
connects successfully, then VNC'ing to that server should work.
Similarly, if it cannot connect, then the firewall is, well,
doing it's job. :)
As per the documentation for VNC, you will need to
allow TCP port "5900+N" thru the firewall and to the VNC
server for VNC connections to work (where "N" is the "Display
Number", usually 0).
Good luck!
-Scott
> Okay--newbie here! I have installed VNC on 2 machines--my personal pc and my wife's
>work pc, which we own. Both systems are running WMe. One is a Pentium II 333mghtz
>with a "half speed" cable modem, the other is a Celeron 800. My wife shares a DSL
>connection with her partner, who runs Win98 on a fairly recent pc. The work pc is
>hardwired back to the DSL modem, which apparently serves as the router(?). VNC works
>fine from her computer to mine, but when I try to access her's, I get a "failed to
>connect to server" error. No request for password comes up at all. We both run
>Sygate's firewall, but her partner prefers to use ZoneAlarm.
>
> What do I need to do to allow my wife to access her work computer from home?
>
> Also, can VNC serve as a remote network for my wife's office? In other words,
>assuming a very high level of trust, can one partner access the other's computer
>without any other software?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bud
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