At 22:42 5/27/2006, Alex Davidson wrote:
>1. You will need to know the externally-addressable IP of the network
>you're trying to connect to

www.WhatIsMyIP.com or better yet:

GRC ShieldsUP:  https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2



>2. You will need to fwd ports on the router to the IP of the
>destination (and hope its IP doesn't change) - I think it's 5800-5801
>and 5900-5901.  One is for the JAVA client and one is for the
>application client

5900 on the computer that is being controlled--"Host",
"Server"--her work computer.

For the internal, LAN IP, open up a DOS box and type in:

  "ipconfig /all"



>3. You will need to open up the firewall on the workstation you are
>connecting to for the VNC Server exe

If you are just controlling the remote computer, and not acting
acting as a server, you may not need to open any ports--It
depends on the firewall.


>In the case of 1 being a dynamic IP, an account at DynDNS.org along
>with some software can help you maintain a connection over time.

If it's a always on, broadband connection, the IP won't change
until the connection is down for a day or two.

By the way, I've had better luck with TightVNC than
with UltraVNC or RealVNC:

http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=63887
http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi


>
>This is why I use LogMeIn - once it's installed, it's hands-off other
>than for updates
>
>On 5/27/06, Pete Holsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Well, I've been looking at UltraVNC for a day or so, and I must have taken 
>some stupid pills with my other medication! I have no idea how to set things 
>up so that my wife can access her work computer from home.
>>
>> Seems to me there oughtta be a simple, step-by-step doc for doing that but 
>I haven't found it.
>>
>> I installed UltraVNC on her and my home computers on the same LAN. Should 
>they automagically find one another?
>>
>> How is her home computer going to find her work computer behind a router?
>>
>> On their forum, I've seen a reference to turning off the firewall! Is that 
>a requirement?
>>
>> --
>> Pete Holsberg
>> Columbus, NJ
>>
>> Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you 
>have to do is live long enough.
>>   --Groucho Marx
>
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