Kevin, You shouldn't get a different message when connecting by IP to connecting by DynDNS, unless your DynDNS settings are wrong. Do an "nslookup <my_dyndnsname>" where <my_dyndnsname> is the DynDNS machine name you have chosen, and check that it gives the same IP address that you have been testing with.
As regards "Connection refused", that means that the IP address you gave refers to a live machine, but that that machine isn't accepting connections on the specified port, in this case the VNC port. >From your mail, I'd say that the problem is that you have remoted port 5800 but not port 5900. You don't need to enable UDP on those ports for VNC to work. Also note that if you use VNC over the Internet, you may prefer to buy a copy of VNC Enterprise or Personal Edition (Personal is the cheaper, designed for home use, but is not yet released. :( ), which take care of security & encryption of the VNC session. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Taylor > Sent: 26 November 2004 00:50 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Using VNC through the Internet > > Ok, I'm new to the list, and I'm sure this question has > already been asked. > > I am using VNC and have it connected on the PC at my mother's > place. I want to be able to access her PC from home so I > don't have to travel there every time she messes it up. > Which I may add, is frequently. > > She's running on a Dell PC, with Windows XP Home as the OS. > I have installed RealVNC, as well as set her up with > dynDNS.org to have her own hostname, regardless of the IP > address her cable modem gives to her. > > She also has ZoneAlarm installed, but we've shut that down in > our troubleshooting phase, and that wasn't the issue. > > Before I hooked her up with dynDNS.org, when I tried to > connect using her IP address, I would get an error saying the > connection was refused. Now, with dynDNS.org, I get a > connection timed out, error. > > Since I am running through a network, my router has port 5800 > routed directly to my PC only, using both UDB, and TCP. > > I'm not sure what else to try, so any help would be > apprecaited. Her 'connection' tab has > '255.255.255.255/0.0.0.0 set as who can access. this was set > by simply hitting + when I tried to add an IP address. It's > also a temporary thing to see if maybe it was having a > problem connecting to my IP address. > > Thanks in advance for the assist, and I hope we can get this > working soon! > =) > > > -Kevin Taylor > _______________________________________________ > 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
