This may sound stupid, but for some reason, if you are using IE (and I
haven't been following this thread so bear with me), you MUST type http://
in front of the IP address for it to work. For example, type
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:5800 and that it how it works for me. If I leave
out the http:
Just wanted to write a quick note to thank all who helped. I am writing
this as we "speak" using port forwarding on my Linksys router. I can't
explain why it didn't work before, but it does now. Could have been
something I was doing wrong, but I swear I set everything the way I have it
now.
At 12:19 PM 2/18/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Eric,
>
>As a user of the LinkSys box, this is sounding fishy. Are you, by any
>chance, using the DHCP server of the firewall?
Nope, static IP's all around (internally).
> Have you updated to the
>latest firmware?
Yes, running 1.37 dated Jan. 3, 2001.
At 11:41 PM 2/16/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Eric:
> Two quick questions for ya:
>
>1. Have you ever gotten the LinkSys box to forward any ports?
>I mean, not just for VNC, for anything. Sometimes you have
>to specify *opening* the port, as well as specifiying that
>you want to *fo
gt;public(Internet) address of 209.172.152.101 and your internal machine is
>192.168.0.50. Then you would try to VNC to 209.172.152.101:5900 (or :5800
>from a browser). And the router should be forwarding ports 5800 & 5900 to
>192.168.0.50.
>
>
>-----Original Message-
>F
New subscriber here (thanks for the idea David!!). VNC has worked well for
me so far but for one issue. I cannot get my Linksys router to forward
ports properly through its firewall. I am forwarding port 5800 and 5900 to
the static internal IP of my machine, but no matter what I do I cannot
