So I've been trying to solve this problem for weeks and am at my wits end. I've got a bunch of computers operating on a LAN at home that i would like to be able to access individually through VNC. I can access computers from inside the Lan, but not outside. My router is a Netgear WGR614v6. I've configured port forwarding exactly as everyone has told me (even did it step by step the way the portforwarding website has detailed it for use with VNC) My starting port is 5801, ending port 5801 for my pc at 192.1.12.12. My starting port and ending port is 5901 for that computer as well. I have my VNC server?listening?on port 5901/5801. I obtained the external IP address for my modem/router. I type in my external ip address into the VNC viewer from a computer outside my network, followed by :5901 (I've read one colon, or two colons, tried both, both fail) IE 26.x.xxx.44:5901.? And my connection is always refused. I'm assuming the machine is being contacted, but refusing the connection everytime. A few more things....
-My firewall is turned off right now, as i've been trying to do this awhile and won't turn it back on until i figure this out. -I'm only trying to get this one computer working right now, if i can get on one, i can get on the others (i assume) but when i first started trying this, i tried?accessing other computers and got the same message.?? -I tried using the default 5800/5900 ports and setting my pc to listen on those, no luck either. -I went to a website that tells you if a port is open on this particular pc and according to it, my port 5901 was NOT open. I don't have a clue why, because in my router set up it was clearly stated as being open. This one really puzzles me. -My remote access for my router is turned on and that is working fine so i can contact the router from outside my network. -I am NOT using a static ip address, because i rarely turn my computers off and my ip addresses rarely ever change. I know eveyone says to use a static ip, but i don't. Neither for my computers nor from my ISP. ? Someone PLEASE tell me what i am missing here? I've followed every step and tried all these off the wall suggestions and yet NOTHING seems to make my computer accessible from outside its own network.? Oh btw, on a whim i tried setting up remote PC on a different computer (also on my LAN) and opened up the coressponding ports, same thing. Unable to get the connection. I gotta think it is something with my router but everything is set up right according to all these sites, so i'm clueless. Any help is appreciated! Damon _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
