John, Thank you! This is a perfect site for the information I needed. Now all I have to do is find out what the password is for the router config. Apparently it was set by the person setting up the router in the office. I will need to talk to them about the access to the config file. Thanks again.. Shobuz99 --- John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You might want to check http://www.portforward.com > for step-by-step > instructions for your router as well. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Shobuz99 > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 4:33 PM > To: Mike Miller > Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Connect through a linksys router > > > Mike, > Thank you for the help. > I will try it when I get back to the office on > monday. > Also thanks to Norbert for the help as well. > I'll post here and let you know when it works for > me. > Thanks again.. > Shobuz > > > --- Mike Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, Shobuz99 wrote: > > > > > Although not a total newbie to VNC (used since > > 1998); I am new to > > > connecting to a VNC server through a router and > am > > not quite sure I > > > understand the process. > > > > > > For example, I run VNC (3.3.7) server on my > office > > machine, that is > > > connected to a router. The IP address says > > 192.168.100.1 (fictional) > > > when I pass the mouse over the VNC icon. I use > > whatismyip.com on the > > > server and it tells me the IP is 24.64.22.39 > > (fictional) When I go home > > > at night, and try to connect through my browser > > and using either IP > > > address and port 5800 or 5900, it will not > > connect. It times out. > > > > > > After reading several posts I believe I > understand > > that I need to > > > 'foreward' an IP address in the linksys router > ap > > that is running on my > > > office machine..correct? If so, which IP do I > > forward? The 192.168.100.1 > > > or the 24.64.22.39? > > > > We have similar backgrounds: I also have used VNC > > since 1998 (Solaris, > > mostly), and I also had some problems figuring > this > > out. The answer is > > that you tell the router to forward traffic for > port > > 5900 (and for port > > 5800 if you want to be able to use the http java > > applet) to your local IP > > which is 192.168.100.1. The IP 24.64.22.39 is > > really the IP of the > > router. So, once configured correctly, when the > > router sees > > 24.64.22.39:5900, it will send that to > > 192.168.100.1:5900, and you're in! > > > > If you need to have more than one VNC computer > > running behind the router, > > you have to use different VNC ports for the > > different machines. > > > > Good luck. > > > > Mike > > > > -- > > Michael B. Miller, Ph.D. > > Assistant Professor > > Division of Epidemiology and Community Health > > and Institute of Human Genetics > > University of Minnesota > > http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/~mbmiller/ > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
