At 07:06 AM 2/13/2003, Brian Tuttle wrote:
What is your question? You just want to connect via VNC to a machine that is directly connected to the internet?I know that this question has probably been asked and answered a hundred times but I couldn't find anything in the archives that answered my question. I currently have a home network (peer to peer, no servers per say) and I would enjoy the benefit of being able to connect to those PC's from work, friends houses, etc... My host PC, the one with internet connection (cable modem by the way) has two nic cards. One connecting to the cable modem and one connecting to the network switch. My main goal is to obtain connection to this host pc, connecting to the other pc's on the network would just be gravy on top. The host pc runs Windows XP pro and utilizes the integrated Windows XP firewall. For the interest of example we'll say the cable modem nic ip address is : 20.100.100.50 and the lan ip address is: 50:100:100:20. Ok, I'll admit that I'm a virtual idiot when it comes to configuring ports and the like. So detailed instructions would be preferred.Thanks in advance, Brian
Ok then:
1) Install VNC
2) Open ports 5800 and 5900 on your firewall
3) Use VNC. ( http://your.home.ip.address:5800/ )
4) Optionally, you can use the windows app and connect to your.home.ip.address directly, instead of the java viewer (I prefer this).
If you don't know how to get your home IP address, then get one of those dynamic dns services, and use the name that you pick.
One thing to keep in mind is that there is no encryption at all in many/most of the VNC distributions, so various attacks are possible.
Jordan
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