Stanley, The connection from home goes through the Internet but comes in on the same TCP port but the IP address (I'm guessing) that you use is only accessible locally (probably 192.168......). What you need to do is forward the VNC port (5900) in your router at work so that the VNC traffic is forwarded to the right system.
Using IP addresses to define where to forward to leads into a whole discussion of how they are generated. If you use a DHCP server the IP addresses are assigned dynamically and CAN vary over time so you need to think about that. The other thing you need to think about is security. VNC data is not encrypted so anyone can read your data as it passes over the Internet. You should seriously think about using some sort of tunneling protocol (I use VPN/PPTP and the way my system is set up it has the extra advantage that it uses system names instead of IP addresses to refer to the destination systems so I use a DHCP server with impunity) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Using VNC from home. I can use VNC on-site with no problems, but when I try to Use it from home for the same location it cannont find the server. I am using it the same way I use it on site by clicking on the veiwer and typing in the IP address. On-site Iam hook up directly to the network but at home it is going through my Cable Internet. What is it that I am doing wrong? Thanks for your help. Stanley L. Schauenburg Jr. _______________________________________________ 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
