I've got a 614 also and have had no problems setting it up to use VNC, in a number of different ways.
The 614 does NOT forward any ports for you by default. You have to go into the config webpage and find the page for port forwarding. For example, I can forward ports 5900 thru 5999 to the machine on my net behind the 614 that is running the vnc server. If my server is running on 192.168.5.5, then I tell the router to fwd 5900-5999 to 192.168.5.5. If I have the server listening on port 90, I can contact the server from the outside world with vnc viewer using my WAN IP:90 (1.2.3.4:90). This is perhaps the easiest way to set things up. Of course, you probably shouldn't forward all the ports. It would be better to pick one, like 0, and forward 5900-5900 to the machine running the vnc server. If you pick a port less than 10, you can use http://www.gotomyvnc.com/ to check things out. Make sure you configure your vnc server to set the connection to the port you pick - 0 is the default. There's a slight chance that an ISP might block these ports. I'm not sure, but there was a period of time when this config wasn't working for me and I suspected the port blocking. It is something to consider, if you can't get this to work. If you suspect port blocking or want more security, try using ssh. There are web pages that describe how to make vnc secure with ssh, but in a nutshell: I DON'T fwd any of the ports from 5800-5999 on my 614. Instead, I forward port 22, the SSH port, to some machine on my network; it doesn't really matter which one, as long as there is an sshd running on it. On my Windows machine in the outside world, I run putty. I set up putty to forward port 5990 to the machine running the vnc server. In the putty menu, this looks like "L5990 192.168.5.5:5590". I then establish an ssh connection and when I run the vnc viewer, I select localhost:90 to connect to the vnc server. But the bottom line is that the 614 works great. Hope this helps, Karl > -----Original Message----- > From: Kelvin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 12:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Netgear RP614 Router > > > John > > I was able to my setup working this morning. I'm still not able to get > display 1,2 etc.. working but display 0 works fine. Be sure > to port forward > HTTP 5900/5900 with the servers local IP. > > Use this tool to scan your setup for proper operation > http://www.gotomyvnc.com/ If the tool reports that your PC is > accepting > connections on port-X for display-X then you're home free. > > Kelvin > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Seak, Teng-Fong > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 4:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Netgear RP614 Router > > If you could tell us what you had done exactly, maybe > we could tell > you back what you had forgotten to do or what mistake you had done. > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : John Gordon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Envoyi : vendredi 19 dicembre 2003 13:57 > > @ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Objet : Netgear RP614 Router > > > > Greetings all, > > > > I setup port forwarding on a Netgear RP614 Router but am > > unable to get through with VNC using the WAN IP address. > > > > I've looked over all of the documentation Netgear has on the > > RP614, it looks like I did everything ok on my end. > > > > Has anyone on the list ever encounter this problem with a > > Netgear router? If so how did you get it working? > > > > Happy holidays, > > > > John Gordon > > 214 Kilmer Lane SE > > Winter Haven, FL 33884 > > Tel: 863-326-5741 > > Fax: 863-326-9752 > > Web: http://www.JohnGordon.net > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
