well, i was able to setup a SSH server and run VNC over the SSH tunnel at home but it didn't work from work. confirmed that port 22 is indeed blocked from the destkop at work. going to attempt to SSH tunnel over 443 and see where that gets me.
> > From: "Scott C. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/12/08 Wed PM 01:15:27 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: where's the "VNC through a Linksys firewall" FAQ? > > MSLedge: > > Heya. Keep in mind that there are two firewalls in your > situation: one protecting your home LAN, and another protecting > your work LAN. You've got the one at home setup correctly it would > seem, since ftp and http work. But those are "common" services: > many workplace firewalls allow outgoing connections to such > "common" services, but will block other outgoing connections > (such as to port 5900). > > So try this: try running your VNC Server on port 443, > which is usually associated with the HTTPS service. See if you > can connect then. If you can, you've got a workaround... > > If not, you might want to double-check that you've got > your home LAN firewall setup correctly by running the scan at > www.GoToMyVNC.com. Hope this helps! > > cheers, > Scott > > > > 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
