On Monday 03 April 2006 14.34, Jaroslaw Rafa wrote: > Andreas Gieryic napisal(a): > > That makes it much clearer. One more question. Since every workstation I > > want to connect remotely, I know each will run VNC server. I then need to > > open a port for each workstation (5900, 5901, 5902...)on the router-on > > the remote side. Is this correct or is there a better way? > > Yes, you have to open a port for each workstation. > Someone here suggested the use of VNC viewer in listening mode, where the > connection is made in the opposite direction: from server to viewer. If you > have a public IP address for your home machine (or can open a port), maybe > you can try that way. But I have no experience with listening mode, so > maybe someone else will be of better help. > Regards, > Jaroslaw Rafa > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rafa got the answer right, but... If you have an SSH server in your office, you can use it to: 1) encrypt the vnc connections, 2) Tunnel multiple connections over ssh Then you don't need to open so many ports... Jerry _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
