Mary, My answers are embedded.
Alan Watchorn Eshelman Appraisals, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone (760) 692-4302 Fax (760) 692-4303 BPS said: > Hi! > > Can anyone help me with very, very basic router > configuration instructions, please? > > First question is: how can I tell if I have a dynamic > or static IP address? > I assume you have the instruction manual for the router so here is what you need to do on a theoretical level. Log into your router; most have a command console which you can access via your web browser. There are two IP adresses in the router; one facing outward to the Internet or whatever is attached to your WAN port (often referred to as the WAN IP), the other facing inward that the systems on the LAN see (LAN IP). Usually the WAN IP can be either dynamic or static (depending on what your ISP has assigned); ask your ISP (or if that fails look in your router - it is probably set up the right way!). The systems on the LAN are a different story. If you have a DHCP server enabled (and most routers do by default) it will assign dynamic IP addresses to any system which requests one. On the individual systems on the LAN look at the TCP properties - that should tell you whether it is static or dynamic (and what IP it is using if the former). > Second, I want to be able to use both VNC and > pcAnywhere. Symantec has posted the following > instructions for configuring a NetGear router: > > "In the Port Forwarding screen, enter ports 5631 and > 5632. Add the local IP address where you want these > ports to forward to (for example, 192.168.0.3)." > VNC (default) uses TCP ports 5900, 5800 and 5500 (each one for different things; you may not need all of them - check the archives on this site) so you should forward these ports (again using the router command console) to the IP address of the VNC server. > Two questions about this - will those ports also be > compatible with VNC? > Not if you use the default VNC ports (above) but VNC is flexible enough to use those ports if you configure it that way. > Secondly, how do I determine what local IP address I > want those ports forwarded to? > If your LAN systems are Windows, enter 'ipconfig /all' at a DOS prompt and it will list the IP address (and some other information) > Thanks very much!!!! > > Mary > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
