[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Friday, June 02, 2006 7:46 AM:
> Well, having VNC over the local network working, I'm > trying out the next steps; getting it working from the > outside internet (so I can access my home machine during > the installfest from my laptop) and securing it via ssh. > > I've been reading up, and went through this tutorial: > http://www.realvnc.com/support/portforward.html > > to set up my router (a bit of a pain, this particular > D-link only allows for 10 virtual servers, and the > tutorial asked for 3!). Got it up and running, and ran > the test link > (http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/nettest.cgi) provided, > and it's hanging, the connection times out. Same thing > happens when I try and run vncserver using my outside IP. > > So I know something's not getting through. I have ports > 5500, 5800 and 5900 allowed on my firewall (software) and > set on my router, so I'm not sure why I'm getting that > issue. > Try viewing http://www.portforward.com for more info on how to set up port forwarding in a variety of consumer routers. Also, on your Ubuntu desktops, is VNC *actively* running? Do you have any firewall rules which would prohibit those ports from being accessed from outside? I know in Fedora, by default, those ports are NOT enabled if you enable any sort of firewall. John _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
