On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 09:46:11AM -0700, Vinesh Patel wrote:
I have been using VNC for few years now for myself between unix and Windows, but now I have a need to expand my usage and I ran in to some problem that not sure about.
I am trying to use VNC to support my parent's computer in FL from TX. I have a Cable modem and am behind a router firewall. My parents have a DSL and do not have any router on there end.
I am running VNCserver on there PC (Windows XP). When I attempt to log on it does not find the remote host. The IP address that my parents see is 192.168.x.xx. This makes me think they are behind a router, but I know for a fact they are not, but not sure if DSL modem is providing this IP address. Either way I can connect to them.
However I can have them log on my work network and I log on to my work network and the IP address that now shows when you mouse over the VNC icon in the system tray I can use. With that IP address I can manage there computer, but not without it.
So after all that background my question is how can I log on there machine without both of us having to log on to my work network.
Your parents DSL modem may be acting as a router/firewall as well.
That's the only way they are using the 192.168 IP address and
connecting to the Internet.
You should check and see if there is port specific routing that the
DSL modem can do. i.e. Any access to the public IP on port 5900 is
routed to an inside host on the same port.
Finally, don't forget that VNC is not secure, only the initial login
is encrypted.
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