Thanx for all the help, the answer for me was to get off my lazy rear end and figure out how to set up a VPN. Chas
> -----Original Message----- > From: Steven D. Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 1:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; chas (kysdaddy); [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: VNC over INTERNET and LAN > > Another alternative, which I use, is to assign your local IP > addresses yourself and use port forwarding. > > Step 1. Assign static IP addresses that are outside the > range your DHCP server uses, but are on the same subnet. > Example for a 192.168.1.0 subnet: > If your DHCP server has a pool of 50 addresses starting > 192.168.1.100 You would assign IP addresses 192.168.1.5n to > the machines on your LAN. > > Step 2. Educate yourself on the port forwarding capabilities > of your routing. This may also be called a static NAT entry > depending on your router. Set up a static NAT on your router > to forward port 5900 to the static IP of the machine running > VNC Server. > > Hope this helps, > > Steven > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan Watchorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "chas (kysdaddy)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 11:09 AM > Subject: RE: VNC over INTERNET and LAN > > > > I'm not sure that I can answer your specific question but > here is how IP > > adressing works. There are two addressing modes; static > and dynamic. > > > > In static mode you are assigned an IP address and it is > unique so anything > > sent to that IP address comes to your computer. It is your > address and > > you always get the same address (until you relinquish it > and then it may > > be assigned to someone else). > > > > Dynamic address depends on a protocol called DHCP (Dynamic Host > > Configuration Protocol) and you are dynamically assigned an > address from a > > pool of available addresses ON YOUR NETWORK. The addresses > are USUALY > > assigned from the pool (Internet Standard) of private > addresses, starting > > with 192 or 168 as the first three digits of the address. > (ISPs usually > > use their own IP addresses). DHCP often assigns the same > IP address to > > the same system (I can explain why that happens but it is not really > > relevant here) with the result that a lot of times things > work for a while > > and then stop working. > > > > It sounds like maybe one of the computers is using a local > address which > > is not 'visible' to the other computer (Local IP addresses > are not passed > > over the Internet). The solution is to have your ISP assign static > > addresses to each computer and use them. > > > > Sorry if this answer is long-winded and didactic. I will > be glad to share > > my networking knowledge if it helps and you contact me directly. > > > > Alan Watchorn > > Eshelman Appraisals, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Phone (760) 692-4302 > > Fax (760) 692-4303 > > > > chas \(kysdaddy\) said: > > > I am having this same issue, the only difference is that > the machine > that > > > I > > > am trying to reach is behind a win 2003 sbs server. I'm > assuming that it > > > is > > > an addressing or a port forwarding issue but can't find > the fix/answer. > > > > > > > > > Davide Cerbo davidecerbo "at" virgilio.it > > > Sun Aug 1 13:43:01 2004 > > > > > > Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > -- > > > ---- > > > > > > How can I connect to a PC in a LAN over Internet? > > > Example: > > > If the ip of the server of the LAN is for example: 89.123.256.44 > > > and the ip of the computer with VNC server is for > example: 168.123.0.20 > > > How can I do? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > Davide > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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
