after a long absence. Again thank you all for the help. I thought'd id post my final-ish solution to my problem as a thank u:
Setting up vnc so that Client Initiates a connection to a support machine from behind a firewall.
*Client side setup*
Install vnc (free edition) for windows. http://www.realvnc.com/download.html on the client. Use the default options for the install process.
Install vnc for each client that needs suppport.
No ports need to opened on client router.
Troubleshooting: check whether client machine has a firewall running. If so open port 5500
*Support side setup*
Install vnc
Its port 5500 needs to be opened, if firewall present.
Troubleshooting: check whether client machine has a firewall running. If so open port 5500
The support machine must listen for connections initiated by any client computer. This is done with the command:
/vncviewer -listen (on unix & windows commandline)/
/Running a listening viewer on windows has the same effect./
This tells the support machine to listen to any initiated connections on port 5500
*Setting up a link that initiates a connection from the client machine to the support machine.*
1.
put the following in a .bat file:
/cd to/VNC/installation/
/winvnc.exe -connect <the ip providing support>/
2.
Name the file /contactSupport.bat/
3.
To initiate a connection (note: the support machine must be
running and listening for connections) just execute the bat file.
An X window pops up on the support machine. The display will be
that of the client machine.Running a doing the above on a linux machine i believe requires the use of the 'vncconnect' command. Havnt tried it yet tho!
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