Given only 1 firewall (one that you cannot alter), you could change the VNC port on the server to 80 or 443 and get pass the firewall. I have heard port 1080, too can be useful for that. Port 80 and 443 will be a problem if your work runs a proxy server.
Obviously, if the firewall is only NAT you should have no problems. And always try to connect to the server from itself (localhost or 127.0.0.1) once to be sure its really there. AllowLoopback needs to be enabled for this test. And you should configure the XP firewall to let in port 5900, or just disable it for a quick test, but be sure to enable it once you are successful. There is many processes going on, so try it from a friends house without a firewall to work out the basic stuff, before tackling the work firewall. There is a website that will test your config, but I do not remember it at this moment, its in the list though. Mohith Rao Julapalli said: > Hello, > > I apologize if this is an old issue (it appears to be, but I didn't find a > thread that catered to my novice level :) ). I have a VNC server running > on my home Windows XP computer. I'd like to connect to it from work (also > a Windows XP computer), where I'm behind a firewall. Does anyone know the > simplest and easiest way to do this? > > Thank you very much, > > Mohith > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
