Tight VNC
SD
managed to get it to work by connecting to my friends pc at home. He's
using cable broadband. Our work pc's use NAT so the computers have been
assigned IP addresses similar to the broadband router. eg: 192.168.254.254
is the gateway IP and the computers are 192.168.254.1 - 20 . When I start
the VNC server and hover over the icon, it brings up an IP address of
192.168.254.1. I'm no expert with IP's etc but I do know that trying to
connect to this IP won't work because it's been assigned by the router using
NAT and there's probably so many out there using the BTO router.
The question is, is it possible to get VNC to work over this environment or
do I need to get static IP addresses for the computers I need to connect to
from home?
Thanx for any advice and answers.
SD
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SD
"phoenix" <pho...@fakeaddress.net> wrote in message
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> Have you tried forwarding the port(s) to the IP address of PC running VNC?
> I believe it's port 5900 that needs to be forwarded in your router.
>
> Regards
>
> Bill
I've done that. Still didn't work.
SD
Phil Chung
> I've done that. Still didn't work.
It's port 5500. You'll need to allow incoming connections on that port
at the PC and forward the port to the "server" machine.
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Andy Jenkins
<alfi...@hotmail.comnospam> wrote:
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>"phoenix" <pho...@fakeaddress.net> wrote in message
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>> Have you tried forwarding the port(s) to the IP address of PC running VNC?
>> I believe it's port 5900 that needs to be forwarded in your router.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Bill
>
>I've done that. Still didn't work.
Hi SD,
To confirm .. you have forwarded the ports on the router ? Without
teaching granny to suck eggs :o) .. this requires access to the router
configuration .. is this something you have ?
Are you able to get a setup so that you can 'ping' your machine in
work ?
Can you initiate a VNC connection the other way? With the Server on
your home PC and the view on your work machine ?
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SD
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Okay, I think I better start again because I have a similar setup at home as
I do at work in terms of IP addresses assigned to computers using NAT.
Let's forget about my work setup.
At home I have a Netgear DG824M ADSL router and my pc's are connected via
this. The IP address for this router is 192.168.0.1 . Now my IP of one
of my pc's is 192.168.0.2
I have went into the Netgear router setup window and tried nearly every
possible scenario with regards to allowing the correct ports, firewall
settings etc. I then managed to connect to my mates pc at his home. He
started up the VNC server and he gave me his IP and password and I connected
perfectly. It's just the other way that I can't get to work. He's on
Blueyonder broadband and he doesn't have a router. He couldn't connect to
my pc so this is my problem.
As far as the work setup goes, the BTO router we have is apparently
unchangeable in terms forwarding of ports. I called tech support and they
say that I shouldn't have a problem with the ports. They didn't know about
VNC (no surprise there) but they did say that using NAT over a VPN will not
work. They say the solution is to purchase static IP addresses and that may
help. The guy I spoke to didn't seem to clued up so hence I'm in here
trying to get some feedback on my options.
Thanx once again.
SD
Clive Backham
wrote:
>On 24 Jun 2003, SD uttered the following:
>
>> I've done that. Still didn't work.
>
>It's port 5500. You'll need to allow incoming connections on that port
>at the PC and forward the port to the "server" machine.
By default VNC uses port 5900. In addition, if you are trying to
connect via a browser using the Java applet, the HTTP connection is on
port 5800 (and the Java applet then uses 5900). So if you want to
connect with a browser, you need to port forward both 5800 and 5900.
Phil Chung
> By default VNC uses port 5900. In addition, if you are trying to
> connect via a browser using the Java applet, the HTTP connection is on
> port 5800 (and the Java applet then uses 5900). So if you want to
> connect with a browser, you need to port forward both 5800 and 5900.
Hmmm... don't know where I got 5500 from...
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Chris
"SD" <alfi...@hotmail.comnospam> wrote in message
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When did the VPN come into it? If you set up a port forwarding rule on the
router and forward port 5900 through to your PC and you then point your VNC
client at the 'external' address of the router then it should work. If not
then port forwarding is not working.
It sounds to me like the tech support guys didn't really understand what you
are trying to do.
Chris.
SD
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Chris, how do I determine what the 'external' address of the router is. I
know what the IP of the router is but I don't think you talking about that.
SD
Andy Jenkins
<alfi...@hotmail.comnospam> wrote:
>Chris, how do I determine what the 'external' address of the router is. I
>know what the IP of the router is but I don't think you talking about that.
The IP address referenced is the IP address allocated by your ISP.
Your router should be able to show you the WAN IP address (name will
vary according to the router). What router are you using at work ?
If you posted this message from a machine 'inside' the LAN that the
router interfaces with, then the IP address is visable in the NNTP
message header (81.136.207.139)
SD
Hi Andy. With regards to my home setup, I've asked my mate to try and
connect to my computer and I gave him my static IP as supplied by Zen. That
also didn't work. I'm going to have another look tonight at the settings in
my router.
The work setup is a bit more complicated. The broadband modem (with
ethernet) was supplied by BTO when we first signed up. It's just the "black
box" that we have. When I spoke to BTO, they said some applications like
Netmeeting , pier to pier and VPN may not work using NAT. Their words.
Thanx.
SD