For getting through the router, please see the following URL:
http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/fom-serve/cache/133.html
As for the dynamic IP, the easiest way to handle this (unless you want to
"add a client" from the server) is by getting a dynamic DNS provider, such
as no-ip.com, dyndns.com, etc and running a dynamic IP client on your
machine which will check ever little bit to see if the IP has changed, and
if it has, update the DNS.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: hantiques [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 11:58 AM
To: vnc-list@realvnc.com
Subject: help for newbie VNC or tight VNC
Hi All;
I am looking to remotely connect to a computer residing in a local area
network that connects to the internet by a router. The viewing computer
will be offsite, at different location. Our computers are running XP.
The internet connection is DSL. Our internet service provider gives us
a dynamic IP address; if we reboot the router and log off we are
reassigned a new IP address when we log back on. We seldom reboot our
router.
Will I be able to use a VNC program if I do not have a static IP address?
How do I connect to the computer attached to the router? I assume the
router has the main ip address, do I type that first, then do I type the
name of the LAN computer?
I have played a bit within the LAN; I can initiate a connection from the
server to the other LAN computer with a viewer in "listen" mode. But I
cannot initiate a session from the viewer computer; either by typing in
the workgroup name or the lan computer IP address. I get a "failed to
connect to server" error.
I don't especially need service between the LAN computers, but if I
can't set it up there I won't be able to use the offsite computer as a
viewing pc.
Thank you for any pointers you can give.
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