It's so easy to get Sling Player to connect from work, through the company firewall to the Slingbox server running at home, and I can happily use the keyboard and mouse to remotely control the satellite receiver, and get TV pictures back, just like the screen I wish I could get using VNC.
All I had to do was type in the address of my workplace socks server into Sling Player running on the PC at work, and that was it. Why on Earth can't VNC work as easy as this? Why do I have to mess about trawling Google, forums and who knows what trying to figure out how to install some sort of SSH software on my home PC first, and get it set up just right, or think about figuring out how to get familiar with software that runs java applications as an exe just because it looks as though that might be the only way to find a version of VNC with a socks or proxy option that I might be able to type in just like Sling Player, maybe? What is this all about? I read on one of the VNC forums that they get the request for "how do I access my home VNC server from the workplace through the firewall", once a WEEK at least, so why don't they include the same option as Sling Player and simply let you type the proxy address into VNC? A lot of people need this option, it's one of the best potential uses for VNC, but figuring out how to do it is as clear as mud and it's way too complicated. I've wanted to be able to VNC into my home PC from work for 2 YEARS now, but I was never able to crack this damned SSH thing. It was taking up too much of my time trying to get it to work, so I had to give it up. Last week I purchased a Sling Box, and lo and behold! I can get remote control to my home, through the workplace firewall in 2 minutes! Please, please, please, can the people who write VNC include the same option that Sling Player has, and allow us to simply type the address and port number of the workplace socks 5 proxy straight into VNC like I can with Sling Player? It makes the difference between a wonderful piece of software that works, or a pile of junk that is an endless source of frustration, which I'm sad to say is my experience of VNC to date. P.S. If anyone can advise me how to get VNC, Tight VNC, Ultra VNC or anything similar to work in this way on Windows (from a Windows XP client at work to a Windows XP or preferably Windows ME server at home) without me having to install anything on the server PC at home apart from VNC server, or having to follow extraordinary complex instructions that make no sense, I would be pleased to know how it's done, thank you. Stephen Parish Broadcast Systems Engineer, **** Room LG692, BBC Television Centre, London. W12 7RJ **** 0208 57 60910 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
