vnc setup like gotomypc.com?

2007-08-04 Thread Bruce Pennypacker
Hi all, As the techie in my extended family I end up fielding a lot of support calls from different family members. I was thinking it'd be nice to be able to remotely access their machines from home if the need arises and in general VNC would be perfect for this. My only concern is poking holes n

Re: vnc setup like gotomypc.com?

2007-08-07 Thread Bruce Pennypacker
On 8/5/07, Sean Kamath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Open a port on *your* router, then forward that port to your machine > you use VNC to control their machines. Have them start vnc and > connect to a "listening client" and point to your machine (if > necessary, a dyndns hostname). > > Then yo

Re: vnc setup like gotomypc.com?

2007-08-07 Thread Bruce Pennypacker
On 8/7/07, Bruce Pennypacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This sounds like exactly what I would prefer. I've never used the > listening client before so I figured I'd give it a shot. I just tried > running the listening client on my workstation and ran "