Jimmy,
I only proposed them connecting to you so you can setup your machine and
make sure that it is working. On their side you can not be sure of anything.
For instance if your parents have XP and sp2 they will have a firewall
blocking connection automatically.
Your router can easily be configured to forward tcp port 5900 which is a
vnc port. You can then verify that someone can connect with one of your
friends. At least most of the things will be verified. With your parents
it is all black box at the moment.
Regards,
Alex
Jimmy wrote:
Let's see.
The parents are using XP home edition, connected straight into a comcast
cable moden. Something like a motorola 5100. They aren't using a router.
They aren't behind any firewalls that I am aware off. They might have a
expired copy of norton, that I had them disable. So they only have one
IP address to use. They have put a password in the authentication. and
they are waiting for port 5900.
I'm behind a linksys router, connected to a time warner (i guess my
parents are time warner too, thanks to the buy out or merger or
whatever) cable modem. Running XP pro.
I was trying to figure out the "add client" option. But It sounds like
it might be harder for my parents to connect to my machine being behind
the router.
The only thing that I can think is the issue, is some of the ad blocking
software, or anti virus shit, is not letting me in.
Thanks again for the help. I use VNC at work (set up by IT of course, so
I just point and click), and it is perfect for getting on the render
boxes, and tooling around. It's a great program, just trying to get it
to work for my purposes. Thanks a lot.
/*JIMMY GASS*
*DESIGNER | COMPOSITOR*/
<http://www.janimation.com>
Alex Pelts wrote:
Jimmy,
It would help a bit if you could describe your parents network
configuration.
Is there a router? What is the OS? Is it cable or dsl? A lot of times
cable or dsl modems have routers and firewalls built-in.
The other option is - your parents could invite you in - vnc server
has "add new client" option. You configure your machine correctly and
then they will initiate connection. If that works you can figure out
the rest from there.
Regards,
Alex
jimmy gass wrote:
My question is so general that I can't effectively search the archives.
I've read the "documentation", the "faqs" etc.. but can't manage to
find the answer.
I'm trying to help the parents in another state by VNCing into their
machine. I've had them download the latest VNC server. I've
downloaded the latest VNC viewer. I've got their IP. Which is not
through a router. I've had them go to the test page, and I've got
their IP, but it doesn't connect to 5900. I've had them disable any
anti virus software, they don't have any firewalls. They have set a
password for authentication. But still I can not seem to connect to
them. Do I need to look more into port forwarding?
In the viewer window, I've tried, IP:0, IP:IP:0, IP. I don't know if
I'm typing the path right. If it needs the password.
I imagined that this should be a simple connect. I'm also sure that
many people have done this with success. I just need a little nudge
in the right direction. Any help is appreciated.
Jimmy
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