Seems like there may be a firewall (or something else) protecting the corporate network from outside access. You could port forward the 'ping' port and try 'pinging' the static IP address your are using from the VNC client to see if you can get to the VNC server.
Alan Watchorn Eshelman Appraisals, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone (760) 692-4302 Fax (760) 692-4303 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > i've searched through some of the list and read the documentation but for > whatever reason i must be missing something. i see in the documentation > that you need to forward port "5900+N" for standard VNC and port "5800+N" > for web/java VNC. i know how to forward and enable ports b/c i have a web > and ftp server running and can get to those 2 services fine. i have a > Linksys router. i just did a standard install of VNC server. i didn't > change any settings/options. i can get to it fine from within my home > network (192.168.1.x). i forwarded port 5900 (TCP only) on the router to > the machine where VNC server is running. from work i try to hit my public > static IP with VNC viewer (the same version i'm using successfully within > my home network) and i get "unable to connect to hose: Connection timed > out (10060). > > any ideas what i'm missing here? > _______________________________________________ > 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
