Mary, What you need to do is subscribe to a Dynamic DNS service. It allows you to create a subdomain (or domain) and and keep your dynamic IP address, which is assigned to you from your ISP, somewhat stable. In other words, you run a dynamic DNS client tool on your VNC server which updates the subdomain's reference to your new IP address each time it changes. I know this seems quite confusing and I apologize.
But go to Sitelutions.com and they provide a free Dynamic DNS service and has fairly clear instructions on getting and setting up a dynamic DNS and the dynamic DNS client on your PC. Once you do that you can run your viewer and put in the private IP address to your server along with the password and Wa La you are in. Good Luck! John Quoting BPS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, George! > > Thanks for taking the time to try to educate me on > this. I really appreciate it!!!! > > I guess what I still don't understand is, if I want to > connect to a PC that has the IP address of > 192.168.0.1, and follow the documentation for the VNC > viewer and type "192.168.0.1" as they show in the > example..... how does VNC know which computer I want > to connect with, of the gazillions that have this IP > address? How do I specify to VNC exactly which > computer I want to connect with? If, as in the > example, I type in "192.168.0.1" as the server, to me > this is somehow like sending a letter off in the mail > addressed to John Smith and not specifying any more > detail. > > Thanks for your patience.... :-) > > Mary > --- "G. McCashin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At 12:00 PM 10/31/04 +0000, you wrote: > > > > >From: BPS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >Hi, all! > > > > > >OK, I feel like I'm muddling my way through > > >configuring the router, and getting around the Win > > XP > > >SP2 firewall, but now do I also have to go through > > >gyrations to work with dynamc IPs? Don't most > > >computers with a router have dynamic IPs? > > > > > >I just read a post about myserver.com. So is this > > the > > >next step I need to take? > > > > > >I'm really confused...... In the Viewer > > documentation > > >that I printed off of the realvnc.com site, on the > > >first page of instructions, it shows a picture of > > the > > >VNC Viewer Connection Details, and has > > "192.168.0.1" > > >typed in as the Server. I don't get it..... won't > > >that IP address connect to a gazillion computers? > > >'Cause isn't that pretty much a standard IP address > > >that most everybody has? > > > > > >Thanks for any guidance! > > > > > >Mary > > > > I haven't followed the whole thread and so I won't > > try to answer all of it. > > But I think the part of the dynamic IP puzzle that > > you are missing is this: > > > > If you are using a computer connected to a router, > > then you are actually > > dealing with _two_ IP addresses. Your computer > > probably has a 192.168.x.x > > address that is probably assigned to it by your > > router. The magic about > > that address is that it is in what is known as > > "private" address space, and > > does not route on the outside world Internet. So > > yes, a lot of boxes have > > that same address, but it doesn't matter because > > that address is only > > useable on your (and theirs of course) private > > network...which includes > > anything attached to the inside connection of the > > router. > > > > Your router though probably also has a dynamic IP, > > but it is assigned to > > the router by your ISP. That address can and _does_ > > route on the outside > > world Internet. And the fact that it is dynamic > > means it can change > > whenever the ISP wishes to change it. For some > > ISP's this is very > > infrequent, but you have no control over if and when > > it does. > > > > You _can_ have control of your inside private > > address though. If you > > router is assigning you an address (for example) of > > 192.168.0.1 (and you > > can check this), you can make that address static on > > your local computer. > > But if you have one computer connected to one > > router, is is very likely the > > same all the time anyway. > > > > So... your computer connects to the router via your > > private IP address, and > > your router _routes_ (hence the name) that > > connection to it's real world > > Internet address outside. When a request from the > > outside is answered, the > > router then routes that answer (a web page or > > whatever) from that real > > world address back to your private address. > > > > If you're trying to set up port forwarding for VNC, > > you have to do this > > because normally your router will not send anything > > to your private > > addressed computer that wasn't previously requested > > _by_ that computer. > > That is the reason the router provides a layer of > > security to protect you > > from intruders being able to just connect to your > > computer without your > > permission. > > > > Does this help at all (it got a little long I'm > > afraid)? > > > > > > > > George > > > > http://mccashin.us > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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