First thing you need to do is "port forward" on the router in order to forward connections to the PC you want. (THen internal addreses of the pcs should be static.) You need to forward port 5900 by default for windows. port forwarding instructions can be found at www.portforward.com for most routers.
To use it with a dynamic (non-static) IP try sigining up for a dynamic domain name at no-ip.com or dyndns.com. they have free accounts wher you run a piece of software on your computer which checks if the IP is different and when it is it updates your domain name. so to connect you do this by domain name, e.g. "mydomain.no-ip.org" --ANgelo On 6/6/05, hantiques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All; > > I am looking to remotely connect to a computer residing in a local area > network that connects to the internet by a router. The viewing computer > will be offsite, at different location. Our computers are running XP. > > The internet connection is DSL. Our internet service provider gives us > a dynamic IP address; if we reboot the router and log off we are > reassigned a new IP address when we log back on. We seldom reboot our > router. > > Will I be able to use a VNC program if I do not have a static IP address? > How do I connect to the computer attached to the router? I assume the > router has the main ip address, do I type that first, then do I type the > name of the LAN computer? > > I have played a bit within the LAN; I can initiate a connection from the > server to the other LAN computer with a viewer in "listen" mode. But I > cannot initiate a session from the viewer computer; either by typing in > the workgroup name or the lan computer IP address. I get a "failed to > connect to server" error. > > I don't especially need service between the LAN computers, but if I > can't set it up there I won't be able to use the offsite computer as a > viewing pc. > > Thank you for any pointers you can give. > _______________________________________________ > 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
