Mickey, I understand the logistic problem and I don't have any real solution for that unless... if you can connect to your work PC from your home PC using Remote Desktop, you appear like you are at work but you are really there at home where you can make changes to the firewall settings.
If you have a second PC at home (the old one?) maybe you can set up that RDP connection - you can download the RDP client from the Microsoft website and use it on a Win98/ME computer (I have done this); only the server has to be XP Pro. Theoretically you could run it in one window (to control your PC at work) and the VNC client in another window on the same computer (your PC at home) but I have never tried this and there may be interference between the two - maybe Wez has done it and he can offer advice. Otherwise the only course I see is the painfully slow way of one change at a time every time you come home from work (unless you use the shotgun approach!). Alan. -----Original Message----- From: Mickey Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 9:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Still can't get it to work through firewall Quite honestly, I think so, but I'm not sure. The reason I'm not sure is because very recently (last few weeks) I bought a new computer and dumped the old one. It took me a little while to get the TM firewall set up (yes, I know, it was a bit dangerous to be connected to the Internet without any firewall...), and around the same time I also installed TM, XP SP2 and VNC. I don't remember if I had VNC working with TM but not XP SP2. Ordinarily I would take a very methodical approach to troubleshooting it, by removing and/or disabling each of the individual firewall pieces. The problem, though, is that it's very difficult for me to test - logistically. I connect from my PC at work to my PC at home, and I can't walk my wife through disabling the pieces one by one. I have to do that myself. If the problem were connecting to my work PC from home, I could have her attempt to connect after each change made here. But it's the other way, and I don't have any way to have anyone here at my office, trying to connect to home, after I make each change. Does anyone know which firewall should be safer - the TM firewall or XP SP2 firewall? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Watchorn Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 11:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Still can't get it to work through firewall Did the problem only occur since you installed SP2? If so, disable the XP firewall and see if it works. That won't cure your problem but at least you will be able to tell what is causing it. Alan Watchorn Eshelman Appraisals, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone (760) 692-4302 Fax (760) 692-4303 Mickey Ferguson said: > No, I don't run remote desktop. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of DILATED_ONE > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 10:56 AM > To: Mickey Ferguson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Still can't get it to work through firewall > > > Do you run xp's remote desktop also? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Mickey Ferguson > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Still can't get it to work through firewall > > > I've got XP Pro at home, running SP2, with the SP2 firewall enabled > and Port 5900 opened up for in and out. I've read the FAQ for VNC and > also searched the VNC mailing list recent archives for firewall. > > Prior to installing XP SP2 I also had installed Trend Micro's virus > protection and firewall. I've configured it to the best of my > knowledge, and still things don't work when I try to connect to my > home machine. I get an error of "server closed connection > unexpectedly". Any more help on trying to troubleshoot? > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
