Just to let everyone know, I resolved this by setting the socket connection on each machine relative to the port number.
So they are set as follows: Machine A Incoming socket 0 Port 5800/5900 Machine B Incoming socket 1 Port 5801/5901 etc Success. Nate At 1/25/2002 11:17 PM, you wrote: >: Nate Harel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >: I have a small network with several machines running Win2000. I am using a >: Netgear router as the front end firewall and I route the ports 5800 and >: 5900 to a specific machine running VNC server. >: >: However, I have several machines running the VNC server and when I am >: travelling I want to be able to connect to these machines in my network. >: Not just one of them. >: >: I had done this once by forwarding ports 5800/5900 to machine A, 5801/5901 >: to machine B, etc. This was on a different router. When I changed to the >: Netgear router, I can't seem to do this any longer. The only one that >: responds is the machine on 5800/5900. No others respond. > >The netgear should do that forwarding; but I do note that some >cheap routers are incapable of it. Some, for example, only allow >you to forward to the same port on a machine on the private net. > >In which case: you should be able to get to the one machine that works >via vnc, then run vncviewer on that machine to reach the others. A >horrible kludge, performance suffers, but it may serve as a workaround >until you get the forwarding problem unsnarled. > >Just a thought. > > >Wayne Throop [EMAIL PROTECTED] >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: >'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY >See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html >--------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Nate Harel NetTech Services 66 Carol Road Needham, MA 02492-1108 Tel: 1-781-559-8176 Toll Free: 1-877-567-8936 FAX: 1-877-567-8936 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.nettech-services.net www.nettech-backup.com ---------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
