Ariane:
Hello! Some quick questions and suggestions:
> I have read the FAQ's about setting up VNC to run through a firewall, but
> was left a bit confused. Can anyone help?
> My Win2k PC sits behind a firewall. The VNC server is outside the firewall.
> Exactly what ports do I need to open up on my firewall so that I can connect
> to the outside VNC server? I tried port 5900 to no avail.
Port 5900 is what the VNC Server listens to for *incoming*
connections. Connections from your Win2k PC to that VNC server "emerge"
from your Win2k PC on a different port number. So, opening 5900
for incoming connections on your firewall won't help you connect to
anything.
What I suspect is happening is that the firewall which is
protecting your Win2k PC is deny'ing the packets *on their way
out*. Sometimes firewalls do this to restrict what sort of services
the users behind the firewall can use to a small subset: HTML, FTP,
TELNET, etc. So what you may want to try is adding a rule to your
firewall that allows *outgoing* packets with a *destination* port
of 5900 to be freely passed.
Give it a whirl. :) You're lucky in that you've access to
your firewalls controls at all. Making this work when you've gotta
ask the IT Dept to fix something is much more work...
cheers,
Scott
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