> -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Mayo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Here's my setup: > > MyComputer-----RR----INET-----PB-----server-----WifesComputer > > where RR = RoadRunner cable modem, PB = PacBell DSL modem > > Looking at this diagram, it's a wonder the internet works at > all, anyhow, my life long dream > is to use VNC to hook to my WifesComputer, in order to help > her with all of her computer > "problems", and does she have problems, she looks at a > computer and it dies.
If it's your wife at the other end, best to get close to her ;-) > > Interestingly enough, she can see my desktop fine with VNC, > nice job UK mates! I just > give her my IP address and she types it in the VNC Viewer, or > I give her my dns2go domain > and she can get to my machine. Not my dream setup -- her > controlling my machine. If you're close to her, you can watch what she is doing ;-) > > The question is, how do I get to her machine, it's coming up > under the dreaded 192.168.xxx.xxx > area, when she runs ipconfig /all on it, and I fear that it's > because the server is dishing out > an IP address, whilst taking up only one IP address to the > internet. Perhaps it's configured as > a gateway, or using the wonderfully constructed ICS or NAT > code piles. I tried to install dns2go > on her computer, but some ports are not getting through, so that went > nowhere. The server between the PB and the Wife's is working as a router. Since the Wife's is in the 192.168.x.x range, it must do some address translation (nat) as this range is forced to be local network by design. Can you get a view of the server's display (console if it's with an M$ os or telnet or such if it's unix variant)? > > Should I set up the WifesComputer with a fixed IP address > somehow? And if so how, > through the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties panel, > using one of the addresses that > PacBell has allocated, even though the server is only using > one. I'm not network guru, > that's for sure, so anything you could tell me will result in > massive karma gains for yourselves. If you can get a view of the server, the address translation of the server must be updated to pass trafic from your machine to the wife's machine. Details go beyond the scope of this maillist. CBee --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
