You'll need to 1) figure out what your router's external IP address is at
the time you're trying to connect from outside and 2) use THAT IP address
(instead of the 192.168.1.x IP) when you're trying to connect. You cannot
use the 192.168.1.x IPs on the internet, as they will not route.
There are a couple good free dynamic DNS providers, such as dyndns.org and
no-ip.com. Register for an account with one of these DDNS providcers, grab
one of the clients and set it up on your PC at home, then when you want to
connect from outside, you'll just tell your VNC viewer to connect to your
machine name, i.e. "mypc.dyndns.org" and yes, you'll probably want to leave
your machine logged in, although you can lock the desktop by using a
password-protected screensaver. I don't know about RealVNC4, but I know
other flavors of VNC based on the 3.x version of RealVNC have problems with
the Windows XP "Fast User Switching." Also, you want to make sure the
Windows XP firewall is allowing VNC connections, but it sounds like you've
already got that working.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Russell G. Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 4:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Trouble connecting my two computers via VNC
Hi,
I downloaded your VNC program (the free one) to my two computers the other
day. However, after carefully reading the documentation, I am still unable
to connect my two computers together.
I have a desktop and a laptop, both of which are running Windows XP
Professional. I am on a home network (there are a total of four computers in
the house), so each computer is connected through a router (Linksys WRT54G).
I have no trouble using Window's Remote Desktop to connect my laptop to my
desktop when I am in my home, yet I am unable to connect when I am offsite
(such as at school, where I have a wireless connection available). I am
planning a trip for later this month, and would really like to be able to
access my desktop at home. So, let me ask you a couple of questions.
For the purpose of connecting my laptop to my desktop, which is the server
and which is the viewer? I am assuming the server is my desktop and the
viewer is the laptop. If this is true, how do I configure each one?
When I am through using my desktop I log off, but leave the computer
running. Must I be logged in (and leave it that way) if I want to remotely
access the computer? I wouldn't think so.
My desktop's IP address is 192.168.1.100. When I open the viewer on my
laptop, is this what I put in the dialog box? I tired it and got a "timed
out msg" Remember, I am doing this at home. I haven't tried to test it
offsite.
My router's IP address is 192.168.1.1 and my laptop's is 192.168.1.103.
Must I input those IP addresses anywhere during set up?
I have left everything else (connection port is 5900, Serve Java viewer port
on 5800, etc) defaulted to how it was set up when I loaded the program.
Please instruct me in as much detail as possible how to configure my two
computers so they can talk to each other when I am away. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Russell G. Cook
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