Dave:
Heya. So...exactly what is the make and model on your DSL
modem/router? And...can you open a web-browser and connect to it
with "http://ip.address.of.router";?
-Scott
> Heya. That's sort of the point of the scan: a lot of VNC
> users have setups similar to yours wherein the IP address that
> a VNC Viewer should use to connect to your VNC Server is *not*
> the same IP address as the PC on which the server is running.
> Something along the way (either, as you say, at the ISP or in the
> router) is performing "Network Address Translation" or NAT.
>
> So while NAT is fundamental to getting mass-market home
> networks working, it makes remote-access solutions more problematic.
> So I coded up this scan to help VNC users know where to look when
> it comes to getting their connections to work. The IP Address that
> you see on that scan page is the IP address that the "real world"
> sees your packets are coming from, and so is the address that
> VNC Viewer users should use to connect to your server.
>
> cheers,
> Scott
>
> On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Dave Clark wrote:
>
> > I did this and it reported the IP address generated by someone or
> > something -- probably either my ISP or the DSL modem/router -- and NOT
> > this machine.
> >
> > Still cannot connect to work machine from home.
> >
> > Have Black Ice firewall running on the home machine.
> >
> > Dave
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