Bill:
Heya. Been following your discussion with Angelo, and I
think there's two ways of going about fixing your problem. The
first is what you're doing: root-cause the technical connection
problem you're having. The second approach is a bit move cavalier:
just get a connection to work, and to heck with the details. :)
If the second approach sounds at all interesting, please
try this: install EchoVNC ("http://www.echovnc.com";) on your RealVNC
Server PC, and use it to login to the demo-echoserver site (the
startup Wizard will offer to do this automatically). Then do the
same on your new laptop. Now you'll be able to connect to your
VNC Server using just the "login names" you connected to the demo
echoserver with; you won't need to hassle with IP addresses, port
forwards, dynamic DNS, etc, etc. The echoserver acts as a "relay"
between the two endpoints, so as long as you can connect to the
echoserver, you can ultimately make a VNC connection.
As said above, it skips a lot of the details, so it's
not an interesting solution for everyone. But maybe it's what
you're looking for. I hope it helps!
cheers,
Scott
Thanks Angelo...This was done from the beginning....port 5900 is open.
More info.....6 or 8 months ago I was connecting with an old laptop from
outside my home network over the internet. Was using T-Mobile internet
service with a cell phone as a modem. No problem...just very slow. What
has changed is now a new laptop, with wireless 802.11g outside my home
network. No problem getting on the internet with the new laptop, but can't
connect with VNC to the server desktop. The more I think about it, the more
I feel it has to be something with the new laptop, settings or something,
firewalls maybe, pop up blocker maybe, or the problem is that I am trying to
use VNC into and through a wifi connection and the ip issue through the wifi
connection is not matching what the server is expecting. Although I tried to
remedy this issue yesterday by changing the IP at the server to match the
WIFI ip...and still no connection. I'm stuck...just wish I knew more about
what I am trying to do. Bill
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