Stan: I'm CC-ing the list and removing the first two octets of your external IP for your security. :-) The list should get a copy of this so that if someone else has the same questions in the future, maybe they'll find the answers in the archives. :-)
Answers in order: 1) Correct on all counts, except you would not need to use the :5900. That's understood. If you had multiple machines you needed to access from outside your router, you'd have to forward a different port for each machine and then you'd have to specify the IP when connecting. However, since you only have the one machine, the :5900 is understood. 2) Just the local IP. Don't need the port number or :0. Again, that's "understood" 3) Yes, you could upgrade to the "personal" edition for a nominal fee. However there's plenty of FAQs out there on creating a tunnel. I recommend this one: http://faq.gotomyvnc.com You could also use Kaboodle (between two Windows PCs) or EchoVNC. EchoVNC will get you around having to forward the ports, but you have to trust the public Echo server or set one up on your own, in which case you might as well just do the port forwarding in your router. Note that I have no reason NOT to trust the EchoVNC people, I'm just paranoid. :-) If you want to install SSH Server on your Windows box, this looks like a pretty good step-by-step "how-to" guide: http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html Once you've done that, see the step-by-step how-to that I've mirrored on my "personal" webspace at http://home.highertech.net/~john/Putty-Tunnel/putty-tunnel.html for how to set up a tunnel using Putty to connect to your server at home. -----Original Message----- From: Stan Barabas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 10:38 AM To: 'John Aldrich' Subject: RE: Cannot connect locally or remotely So I need to use my wan ip not the local ip when accessing remotely, I also need to open port 5900 and probably 5800 for html on my local router. Is this correct? Then I would use the wan ip like this xxx.yyy.154.344:5900 Also when I want to access locally do I just need the local ip or local+ port or :0 Do you recommend I upgrade to the next level and will it encrypt and if so will it be all I need. Im not clear on tunneling. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
