Hello, Daniel. > The connection goes through a shared firewall blocking all incoming > connections, would it not be possible to get the Server to contact the > client, and let the connection run from there?
You could run the vncviewer in listening mode on your PC and let the VNC Server to connect to the listening vncviewer in regular intervals. My experiment shows that this uses TCP connection to port 5500 on the vncviewer. Regards, Miro > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Page [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thu, Dec 12, 2002 23:14 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Inverse client and server connections to get around NAT > > > Hi, > > In the near future, I will be taking time off work, but I > need to connect > and check out our servers once or twice a day. These machines > are connected > via a NAT router, and I connect using a general public ISP via ADSL. > > As I cannot get to the machines via the fact that a) they are > NATted, and b) > The connection goes through a shared firewall blocking all incoming > connections, would it not be possible to get the Server to contact the > client, and let the connection run from there? > > Once there is a communications link initiated from behind the router + > firewall onto my PC, the client system kicks in, requests the > connection > password, and then opens a connection onto the remote desktop > of the machine > that requests the connection... > > Cordially, > Daniel > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
