just to add in another 2 cents here. If all this "port forward" stuff sounds a little strange check out www.portforward.com they have walkthroughs on how to set up a port forward on most any kind of home router/firewall device. Remember this the one you want to be able to control (the server) should set up its router to have a portforward for TCP port 5900.
--Angelo On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:48:50 -0500, Brian K. White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <vnc-list@realvnc.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:52 PM > Subject: New User Question: Using RealVNC > > > Hi there. I am a totally new user og RealVNC and am > > having problems getting started. I was wondering if > > anyone could help me. > > > > I have just installed the software onto my computer > > (running WinXP) and my sister has also just installed > > it on her maching (also WinXP). The only setting we > > changed was the password. > > > > Using www.showmyip.com, my sister got her IP address > > and sent it to me. I started up the Viewer and she > > started up the server. I entered her IP address in > > the 'Server' box and clicked 'OK'. RealVNC tries to > > connect and finally gives up with the message "unable > > to connect to host: Connection timed out (10060)". > > Your sister needs to configure her router to port-forward tcp port 5900 to > the local ip of her pc. > This means, if you intend to do this more than just one time, that your > sister also needs to configure her pc to have a static local ip rather than > "detect automatically" in her network card properties. Otherwise the > port-forwarding rule you put in the router that works today, will not work > some other day because her pc may get a different IP from the router as > often as every time it boots up. > > If you are more techie than her, then you can actually do some of this for > her but you need her at the minimum to use the web browser to get into her > router and and set a non-default password and then enable remote > administration. Once you can get in to her router remotely, you can set up > the port-forwarding rule because you'll be able to determine her pc's LAN ip > by looking at the dhcp client table and you may even be able (depending on > the brand & model of router) to configure the dhcp server in the router so > that it always gives her pc the same address by tying it to the MAC address > of her network card. This way the port forwarding will keep working without > her having to change her pc's net settings. > > Brian K. White -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.aljex.com/bkw/ > +++++[>+++[>+++++>+++++++<<-]<-]>>+.>.+++++.+++++++.-.[>+<---]>++. > filePro BBx Linux SCO Prosper/FACTS AutoCAD #callahans Satriani > _______________________________________________ > 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
