Heheheh My bad! I must have been on drugs or something. 5900 + display is the only right port to use.
Thanks you Jerry! >Hmmm, I believe that you have the admin rights for your Netgear router. >In that case you have to forward/open ports to the right machine. >If you use the standard displays of vnc = 0, 1, 2 ... and so on. >Then the ports you have to open are the following: 4900, 4901, 4902 ... And so on. > >So if u have configured 192.168.0.2 to run a server with display 0, then do the following. >Open/forward port 4900 to 192.168.0.2 and same port. That's all. > >You have to think about security though, the only security here is the password. >But there are some alternatives to that, like tunneling the connection through ssh. >For that you need to be running som Unix OS. If you only have Win machines, then you might like to >Think about "Cygwin" (freeware). It gives you a functioning Linux enviroment for windows. >If you install it on your filserver, then you can start the cygwin's ssh server. >You will now be able to follow the VNC manual to learn how to make a secure connection through ssh. >For you it means you don't have to open port 5900, instead you open port 22 (ssh), for ALL vnc connections. >If it sounds intresting, just email me and I'll help you out with the basic stuff. > >// walter > > > > > >>Hi folks, >> >>I run a home office, 3 pcs with static LAN addresses (192.168.0.2 ..3...4) >>connected to internet and each other via a Netgear router. >> >>I have installed a VNC server (as a service) on the main machine, the "file >>server", at 192.168.0.2 (static). >> >>Netgear router of course has a firewall. >> >>I have heard that it is possible to connect to my VNC server from outside >>the firewall. It involves configuring the router for something called "Port >>forwarding". I think I understand the concept. I need to map my servers LAN >>ip address (192.168.0.2) to whatever port on the router VNC viewer uses to >>connect to VNC server. >> >>However I have no idea how to go about it. I.e. how to set up the router >>and/or PC (server). Anyone able to point me in the right direction ? _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
