You can use PlanetRemote (http://www.planetdns.net/client/new/pdnsrem32v116.exe). It includes a station locator broadcast service that works together with the PlanetRemote viewer (a VNC compatible viewer that's included) to enumerate PC's on your network by name.
There are other tools such as VNC Scan (http://www.vncscan.com) that basically do the same, but it scans local IP ranges for TCP port 5900 usage and then uses MS Windows RPC services to identify the local computer name at that IP. The drawback is that it is relatively slow. The added bonus with the PlanetRemote viewer is that it includes Wake-On-LAN support so I can just double-click a computer that was previously enumerated (but now turned off), and it turns on the computer and connects to VNC automatically (MagicPacket WOL support must be enabled in the BIOS, of course). The other nice thing is that PlanetRemote includes a VNC multiplexor plug-in that allows you to connect to any number of computers that are behind a router using a single port forwarding arrangement on your router (it uses TCP Port 6800, and you must connect using a web browser). You don't need to configure VNC on any of the workstations any differently. -- Stephan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Riechert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 11:31 AM Subject: Re: Anyway to associate name with IP in server list?? A related but more general question. I have a home network with several PCs running WinXP. They're behind a router connected to VDSL. If I let each PC use DHCP from the router, I have no way of knowing the addresses of them. So I set each one up with a fixed address instead and edit the hosts file on each to reflect those addresses. Beside setting up some kind of internal DNS are there any other options? I can't imagine most home users are sophisticated enough to do that. I'm not sure how involved that is either. Then again maybe most home users don't even try to contact other PCs on their internal LAN. -- Jerry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwin Elin Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 7:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Anyway to associate name with IP in server list?? Good question Tom. While I'm so new on VNC, I'm quite intrigued with it. I think the option of multiple icons for each machine you're connecting to is a good option. To add "complexity" to your question though, I try to connect to multiple machines which uses a DHCP connection/s from their ISP. In this case, IP addresses are subject to change regularly. I'm trying, but not successful yet, to use some kind of an install-shield that: when a remote machine launches VNC-server, it sends out (sends me via email or something?) the IP address of the machine's connection. Any "takers" to this challenge out there? Edwin ______________________________ >From: Tom Frey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Anyway to associate name with IP in server list?? >2004-05-24 07:52 > Hi quick question. I use VNC to connect to 20 or so pcs throught the >internet. I use ip addresses to make the connection. The problem is >when I go to make connections I can never remember all the ip >addresses and which client they belong to. So I have to go to >secondary spread sheet and lookup the ip address for the computer I >want to connect to. Is there a way to associate a name with each >server listed in the drop down list when making a VNC connection?? > > thanks Tom > > > > > > >From: Fredrik Widell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Re: Anyway to associate name with IP in server list?? >2004-05-24 07:59 > On Mon, 24 May 2004, Tom Frey wrote: > > > Hi quick question. I use VNC to connect to 20 or so pcs throught the > > internet. I use ip addresses to make the connection. The problem is > > when I go to make connections I can never remember all the ip > > addresses and which client they belong to. So I have to go to > > secondary spread sheet and lookup > > the ip address for the computer I want to connect to. Is there a way > > to associate a name with each server listed in the drop down list > > when making > > a VNC connection?? > > > Either you are trolling or you are very ignorant, ever heard of DNS? > > > > > > thanks Tom > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g > > Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle > > 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we"ll give you the exam FREE. > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click > > ___________________________________________________________ > > TightVNC mailing list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vnc-tight-list > > > > -- > > Mvh > > /Fredrik > > > > >From: Michael D. Setzer II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Re: Anyway to associate name with IP in server list?? >2004-05-24 08:38 > Why not just create icons for each of the sites. > I have about 6 machines I connect to from home, and save the > connection to an icon on the desktop. Just right click on the top bar, > and save connection as. You can save the password or not. At > home I do, but at my office machine I don"t, but the link does the IP > address, and whatever other options you have selected. You can > save the link with whatever name you want. You might want to use a > folder with 20 of the links, and then just open the folder, and click on > the link you want. > > > On 24 May 2004 at 9:52, Tom Frey wrote: > > From: "Tom Frey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Anyway to associate name with IP in server list?? > Date sent: Mon, 24 May 2004 09:52:18 -0500 > > > Hi quick question. I use VNC to connect to 20 or so pcs throught the > > internet. I use ip addresses to make the connection. The problem is > > when I go to make connections I can never remember all the ip > > addresses and which client they belong to. So I have to go to > > secondary spread sheet and lookup > > the ip address for the computer I want to connect to. Is there a way > > to associate a name with each server listed in the drop down list > > when making > > a VNC connection?? > > > > thanks Tom > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g > > Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle > > 10g. > > Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we"ll give you the exam FREE. > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click > > ___________________________________________________________ > > TightVNC mailing list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vnc-tight-list > > > +----------------------------------------------------------+ > Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor > Guam Community College Computer Center > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.guam.net/home/mikes > Guam - Where America"s Day Begins > +----------------------------------------------------------+ > > http://setiathome.berkeley.edu > Number of Seti Units Returned: 13,376 > Processing time: 28 years, 37 days, 2 hours, 2 minutes (Total > Hours: 246,170) > > > > > >From: Jerome R. Westrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Re: Anyway to associate name with IP in server list?? >2004-05-24 08:50 > On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 17:37, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > > Why not just create icons for each of the sites. > > I have about 6 machines I connect to from home, and save the > > connection to an icon on the desktop. Just right click on the top > > bar, and save connection as. You can save the password or not. At > > home I do, but at my office machine I don"t, but the link does the > > IP address, and whatever other options you have selected. You can > > save the link with whatever name you want. You might want to use a > > folder with 20 of the links, and then just open the folder, and > > click on the link you want. > > > > I use a similar scheeme. > I have a folder on my desktop called Remote, > which contains folders named by client, and general remote tools > (vncviewer no parms), Putty, network connects, stuff like that... > > In the client folders I have a link to start the connection, and an > Icon for each machine I connect to, a readme.txt with notes, etc... > > To create a new vnc link, I just copy an existing, then modify the > paramters. > > I find this better than just a name in VNC... > > Jerry > > > > > >From: Laurent Madjarian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > RE: Anyway to associate name with IP in server list?? >2004-05-24 09:07 > do you have a domain name registered on your ISP ? > if you have , you can tell your isp to create alias like >firstserver.yourdomain.com redirected to your public IP and filter port >on your firewall. > > i"ve made this and it"s fine ! > > -----Message d"origine----- > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > la part de Tom Frey > Envoyi : lundi 24 mai 2004 16:52 > @ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : Anyway to associate name with IP in server list?? > > > Hi quick question. I use VNC to connect to 20 or so pcs throught the > internet. I use ip addresses to make the connection. The problem is > when I go to make connections I can never remember all the ip > addresses and which client they belong to. So I have to go to > secondary spread sheet and lookup the ip address for the computer I > want to connect to. Is there a way to associate a name with each > server listed in the drop down list when making a VNC connection?? > > thanks Tom > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. 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