On Monday 28 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am trying to use VNC o connect from my home to my computer at work. I > am not on my works network, so entering the ip address is not enough to > connect like I can when I am actually at the office and use it to connect > to our various stores. I have been unable to find how to connect from > home via the internet. Is this possible? Did I merely overlook something > or is this not in the programs capabilities? > The first thing you will need to do is determine the IP address of your home computer. Assuming you're on a broadband (cable/DSL) connection, the easiest way to do this is to use some sort of dynamic DNS provider, such as dyndns.org or no-ip.info. You will run a "client" application which will update your account with them in near real-time so that if your ISP ever changes your IP address, you can still get in. This will also allow you to set a server name for your machine, such as "amartinpc" or whatever you want to call it. Then you can use VNC to connect by host name instead of IP address.
However, I strongly encourage you to use some sort of tunneling app, such as Hamachi or other app to allow you to create a secure tunnel between your PC at work and your PC at home. You don't really want to leave your PC at home open to the outside world. Assuming you've got a router, you'll also need to forward the appropriate port number(s) to your PC from the outside world. That's another topic which is not really appropriate (IMNSHO) for this discussion. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
