I'll have to go off and find a manual for your router to see how it lets you configure port forwards, but it shouldn't be too complex. To set up multiple port forwards on my router, I can define "local" and "remote" ports - the remote port is the one which the public internet can see, and the local one is the port on that particular machine. I type in the LAN IP of the machine I want to forward a port for, enter its local IP (so for VNC, 5900) and then pick a remote port which I'd like to make visible to the Internet. If all eight PCs are on the same internet connection, you don't need the No-IP software installed on all of them - they'll all be constantly updating the same data and wasting bandwidth and server resources :) I'll reply later with more info if you need it (I'm at work at the moment so can't spend too long replying :) Cheers Chris
_____ From: Roberto Meza [mailto:roberto_mez...@hotmail.com] Sent: 25 September 2009 14:38 To: christop...@custommade.org.uk; vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: No-IP and Real VNC on multiple PC's Dear Christopher: I have only one rounter, a 2Wire 2701HG-T. The router has already the port forwarding configured for Real VNC ports (5800 and 5900 I guess). Right now it forwards to one of the PC's (the server PC which has an Internet Caffe software installed) as I don't know how to configure the others. The "server" PC is just another Windows XP PC. The router's external IP address is 189.xxx.xx.146. All the PC's includying the one I can connect through my home PC are using static IP addresses ranging from 192.xxx.x.65 through 192.xxx.x.72 for a total of 8 PC's. The PC's IP address that has the internet caffe software installed is 192.xxx.x.69 No-IP utility and Real VNC are installed on all 8 PC's and the host name is set to papeleria.no-ip.org I use this host name to connect to the server PC from my home using Real VNC and it works with no problems. Thanks for your help, Roberto > From: christop...@custommade.org.uk > To: roberto_mez...@hotmail.com; vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: No-IP and Real VNC on multiple PC's > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:14:56 +0100 > > > > What's the best way to configure No-IP free to connect to 8 > > Windows XP PC's from my home computer? > > > > All have Real VNC software installed and the No-IP utility. > > > > Do I need multiple free No-IP accounts and multiple hosts? > > > If the hosts are on physically separate Internet connections then yes, > you'll need a no-ip hostname for each of them and you may still need to > establish port mappings for each device if they're each behind a separate > firewall/router. If they are on the same connection behind one NATting > router/firewall, you will need to configure port forwarding for each machine > and map a public port for each device. In that case, one no-ip hostname will > suffice. > > (For example, my home network has two machines with VNC on - I might have my > router configured to forward connections from port 4000 to port 5900 on > machine 1, and public port 5000 to port 5900 on machine 2. Then I just > connect to 'myhostname.tld:5000' in the VNC viewer connection box to > establish a connection - provided port forwarding is operational on the > network then it 'just works' :) > _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
