There's also http://www.gotomyvnc.com which will check to see what ports, if any, VNC is running on. :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Angelo Sarto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 12:45 PM To: John Aldrich Cc: hotquietday; Vnc Subject: Re: anyone got VNC working on a wireless router? I always remember this one and it has a port check too! http://www.canyouseeme.org/ --Angelo On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:53:26 -0500, John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, I would suggest you visit http://www.whatismyip.com and have him connect > to THAT address, as both the "192.168.x.x" and "169.254.249.x" are > "reserved" IP addresses for use on a LAN and do not travel over the > internet. that being said, I believe the 169 address is the default address > on Microsoft products when an adapter can't get an IP address. What you'll > need to do somehow, is find out what your external IP address is from your > ISP. The website I mentioned earlier (and there are others like it, that's > just the only one *I* know by heart! <G>) will tell you that. > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: hotquietday [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:06 PM > To: Jim; Vnc > Subject: RE: anyone got VNC working on a wireless router? > > > Port 5500 has something to do with the > > whole process but I don't know > > exactly what. The manual claims it needs it > > to actively listen for a > > viewer connection. I know I could not get > > it to work without forwarding > > it as well > > > > 5800 and 5900 have to do with actually > > running it. Sending and receiving > > the actual information. > > Jim, thanks. > > I am now forwarding all 3 ports you suggested to > 192.168.0.2. My friend is still getting an unable to > connect to host error. > > Here is the output of "ipconfig". Should I be using > 169.254.249.99 instead? > > Ethernet adapter Network Bridge (Network Bridge): > > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : > Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : > 169.254.249.99 > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : > 255.255.0.0 > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : > > Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 4: > > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : > IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : > 192.168.0.2 > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : > 255.255.255.0 > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : > 192.168.0.1 > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! > http://my.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
