One step at a time! There are several issues here. I'm going to start at the bottom with the DNS issue. So read on down.
Good trouble-Shooting, Jim. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Cheng Sent: 12 May 2005 05:20 To: [email protected] Subject: Linksys Router (WRT54G) Help! Changing IP addresses! VNC List: I am having some trouble setting up my RealVNC on some computers behind my Linksys WRT54G wireless router. I have a basic understanding of how everything works, but I'm getting tangled up in the port forwarding and DHCP stuff. Here is the main problem: On my server desktop, I am running VNC Server along with DynDNS Updater so I can keep up with the dynamic Comcast High-Speed IP address. Therefore, when I type in xxx.dyndns.org, I should be able to access my computer. Here is the problem however: Sometimes when I restart the desktop with VNC server, the IP address will change (192.168.1.102 to 192.168.1.106). When it switches IPs, 106 does not have port forwarding on and I can no longer access it. Because I am still running testing, I simply open up port 5900 on 192.168.1.106 and the xxx.dyndns.org address will work out fine. Attempting to access it via the actual IP address (192.168.1.106) works fabulously. I just can't seem to figure out how to keep up with the DHCP giving me new IPs. (Keep in mind, the above testing deals with all LAN-side testing.) > > > I have tried setting a static IP, but I don't know the DNS information, so I think that contributed to my loss of Internet. What other options are there? < < < Going with a local static IP has to be your best option. Your LinkSys router should have an option to automatically discover the DNS Server addresses (This is almost a de-facto feature, these days) Assuming that this is so; then you should configure your PC to use the IP address of the router as a DNS Server. Also read the Routers manual about DNS Forwarding as there might be some helpful information there. Any decent ISP should be happy to give their DNS server numbers if you ask their support department though. Jim. _______________________________________________ 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
