Joe, Thanks so very much for taking the time to help me! When I go to work tomorrow I'll run the "whois" program and see what IP addy it gives me. Curious because I got a number similar to what you're talking about when I replied to the subscription email for the list! (68.237.9.92) Maybe *this* is my machine's addy! I'll try to confirm using the program you suggested.
Tonight I also noticed that when I hover over the (active) VNC icon from the viewer at home it shows *two* numbers for the server/desktop downstairs! One is the local, 192.168 number, the other (first) one is different. How do I "forward" the IP addy to the router? Is it by typing in the IP addy with ":access/display number" like I did at home? Can I also ask if I can use the same access/display number for all machines? Do I only use the 5800 port for internet access? (i.e. 68.237.9.92:58XX) When do I use port 5900? Is this another choice for internet access? I apologize if I'm not using the correct terminology.....I hope you understand what I mean Thanks again Doreen aka LuniLadi ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Drigon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2004 9:17 pm Subject: Re: Connection Help > Well, first of all... you need the correct IP address the ones you are > trying to connect to from your home to work are not correct any ip > with192.168.X.X are only local to whatever network you are on... > so let me explain.... if you ip address at work is 192.168.0.1 connecting to > that ip from your home network will not work... i will look for 192.168.0.1 at your > house. You need to find the IP number of your work DSL connection > will be something like 67.34.135.244 etc.... if you can only find IP's with > 192.168.X.X you are not looking in the right place. There are several ways > to find you ISP..IP... going to your routers configuration section > is one of them...or you can simply go here and your IP will be displayed at the > top...http://www.dslreports.com/whois.. once you know your IP > address you must open the correct ports on your router... 5800 and 5900 are > used by VNC...make sure you forward those 2 ports to your NAT ip which is > 192.168.X.X you can find that when you use winipcfg it should be > under your Intel Ethernet adapter #3 connection if you are connecting to a > rotuer....ifyou do not want to use VNC over a web browser you can > open port 5900 only if you'd like.. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
