Glad to hear it is a goer. Your next step is if you have multiple pcs past
the router and you will most likely need to set the vnc server up with a
different port like 5901 5902 5903 etc... and port forward them to the local
ip address of the destination vnc server within your network. I am sure now
you have one done you will be able to do any others. I have learnt a little
out of the exercise myself so it benefits us all.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill @ PondExpo.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, 24 November 2004 10:17
To: Bill @ PondExpo.com; Wall, John; 'Ron McKenzie'
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: New user..Can't Connect

CORRECTION....The IP displayed when you hover over the server icon IS your 
local PC ip...Forward/open port 5900 and forward to this IP address.  Then 
when you invoke the viewer, key in the IP address of your router.  Sorry for

confusion...Thanks again...Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill @ PondExpo.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Wall, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Ron McKenzie'" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: New user..Can't Connect


> Hi again John.  Well, it works!!..Here's what got it done....If you are 
> going through a router as I am, then the IP address that you see when you 
> hover over the server icon in your tray is not your PC ip...it's your 
> router IP.  Get the ip in windows XP by going to run, cmd, and 
> enter...then type in ipconfig and then enter again....You will see your 
> local PC IP address. Open port 5900 and forward it's traffic to the local 
> PC ip address that you got above.  When you use viewer, key in the 
> router's IP, not the PC ip....This is probably known by everyone but 
> me...but it has taken many hours for us to get this right...and could not 
> have done it without so much help...Thanks to all....Bill
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wall, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Wall, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Ron McKenzie'" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Bill @ PondExpo.com'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 6:44 PM
> Subject: RE: New user..Can't Connect
>
>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> I am no expert however the next phase is to Port forward 5900 to a 
>> specific
>> IP address i.e. the IP address of the VNC Server. If you have more than 1

>> pc
>> on the network you could PING the one you want by name to find out its IP
>> address. If you have static IP address then easy however you need to talk

>> to
>> SMC again re Port forwarding this was would be PORT FORWARD 5900 to
>> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx assuming you have private network 192.168.xxx xxx
>>
>> I feel you are nearly there but my lack of expertise re routers doesn't
>> help.
>>
>> John
>>
>>> ----------
>>> From: Bill @ PondExpo.com[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 24 November 2004 1:49 AM
>>> To: Wall, John; 'Ron McKenzie'
>>> Subject: Re: New user..Can't Connect
>>>
>>> Hi John & Ron.  Some progress but I'm not quite there yet...Talked to 
>>> SMC,
>>>
>>> the manufacturer of the router.  They showed me how to open port 5900
>>> which
>>> we did.  But this did not result in remote access!!...So then I removed
>>> the
>>> router and connected from the cable modem directly to the pc.  This
>>> allowed
>>> remote access just fine.  Obviously something within the router is 
>>> keeping
>>>
>>> things from working.  Any Ideas?  I will also talk with SMC support 
>>> again.
>>>
>>> They mentioned that once ports are opened, the problem can't be the 
>>> router
>>>
>>> as it is merely a "switch".  Give me your feed back if you have
>>> time...Thanks...Bill
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Wall, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: "Wall, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Ron McKenzie'"
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Bill @ PondExpo.com'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 6:17 PM
>>> Subject: RE: New user..Can't Connect
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hi Bill,
>>> >
>>> > From reading past emails, as I do not have a router on my setups you 
>>> > may
>>> > need to read your router manual regarding port forwarding.
>>> >
>>> > VNC has 3 main areas of Port use
>>> >
>>> > 5900 VNC Server/Viewer normal usage
>>> > 5800 VNC Java i.e. via a browser NOTE: you still need 5900 open as the
>>> > applet is returned on port 5900
>>> > 5500 VNC in listening mode. Most likely you will not need that.
>>> >
>>> > From what I can ascertain from reading emails is on your router allow
>>> the
>>> > above ports access from the outside world. Read your manual.
>>> >
>>> > then program Port Forwarding 5900 to local IP of pc
>>> aaa.bbb.ccc.dddd:5900
>>> > usually 192.168.xxx.xxx for private networks.
>>> >
>>> > More than 1 pc on internal network you could use say 5901 for the 
>>> > second
>>>
>>> > pc
>>> > and 5902 for 3rd pc etc....  I think in the local pc you need to 
>>> > change
>>> > the
>>> > vncserver to relate to the display number 0 for 5900, 1 for 5901, 2 
>>> > for
>>> > 5902
>>> > etc...
>>> >
>>> > What IP to use from outside world, I am guessing your IP of your 
>>> > router
>>> as
>>> > seen from the outside world so you would aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:5900 and when
>>> it
>>> > hits your router the port forwarding was translate to
>>> 192.168.xxx.xxx:5900
>>> > and connect you to your pc nominated.
>>> >
>>> > This is my first attempt at assisting fellow VNCers but I am confident
>>> the
>>> > above is reasonably correct however the syntax language maybe
>>> misleading.
>>> > Hopefully you get an idea of what I am trying to say.
>>> >
>>> > John
>>> >
>>> >> ----------
>>> >> From: Bill @ PondExpo.com[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >> Sent: Monday, 22 November 2004 11:05 PM
>>> >> To: Wall, John; 'Ron McKenzie'
>>> >> Subject: Re: New user..Can't Connect
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi John and Ron...
>>> >>
>>> >> I think we are getting close to the solution.  When I am able to 
>>> >> remote
>>> >> control, it works with two PC's on the same router.  When I attempt
>>> from
>>> >> the
>>> >> laptop..(outside the network) to either network PC, then I don't even
>>> get
>>> >> the password box.  There is no firewall on the laptop..but I bet the
>>> >> router
>>> >> is stopping the connection.  Also noticed that when I try to get the 
>>> >> IP
>>> >> address for the network PC's by using a web site IP identifier,  The 
>>> >> IP
>>> >> addresses are the same.  What do you think?  How can I try to fix?
>>> Many
>>> >> thanks...Bill
>>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> >> From: "Wall, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> >> To: "'Ron McKenzie'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bill @ PondExpo.com"
>>> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> >> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> >> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 9:37 PM
>>> >> Subject: RE: New user..Can't Connect
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> > Bill
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I thought more to the point do you need port forwarding as you are
>>> >> coming
>>> >> > to
>>> >> > your vnc server from the outside world ??
>>> >> >
>>> >> > John
>>> >> >
>>> >> > -----Original Message-----
>>> >> > From: Ron McKenzie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >> > Sent: Monday, 22 November 2004 09:05
>>> >> > To: Bill @ PondExpo.com
>>> >> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >> > Subject: Re: New user..Can't Connect
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Bill,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Do you have a firewall on your laptop?  I know I had a problem
>>> (solved
>>> >> > a day or two ago) where I forgot to enable VNC4 on my laptop's
>>> >> > ZoneAlarm so I wasn't getting out of the laptop.  Once I enabled
>>> >> > VNCviewer 4 in ZA, I was golden.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Ron
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:51:58 -0500, Bill @ PondExpo.com
>>> >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> >> >> Tried to connect from Viewer Desktop Windows XP home to VNC 
>>> >> >> Desktop
>>> >> > Windows XP
>>> >> >> home (cable modem for both) without a problem, but when I try from
>>> >> >> Laptop,
>>> >> >> Viewer Windows 98 SE,  to Desktop VNC Windows XP home, can't get 
>>> >> >> to
>>> >> > password
>>> >> >> screen.
>>> >> >> Can someone give me a place to check...Many Thanks.  Bill
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