> But how do you find out what the right address is?!? According to my
> provider, it is 194.109.244.216. But if I enter this address, VNC doesn't
> find it.
If you have DSL, there is a very good chance you have a DSL modem/firewall.
And this device is probably performing NAT: Network Address translation. If
that's the case, two things have to be done:
1) you have to know the real, public IP address of your network (that may
be the 194.x.x.x address)
2) your DSL modem/firewall must recognize the incoming VNC connections and
redirect them to the internal IP addresses.
I think the first step is to go to your ISP and ask them your public IP
address(es), and whether you have NAT, and if so, whether your firewall can
be configured to redirect (aka port forwarding).
Quick explanation of NAT:
your PCs each have a unique IP address, often in the 192.168.0.x range (but
in your case probly the 10.0.0.x range)
your DSL router has two sides: a public (external) side and a private
(internal) side
on the public side it has a real public Internet IP address
on the private side it has a private ('fake') IP address in the same range
as your PCs (maybe 10.0.0.1)
for every packet going through the firewall, the firewall converts the IP
addresses public <--> private
this provides 2 benefits:
- even though you have 3 PCs your ISP only utilizes 1 IP address (and they
are becoming scarce)
- protection from crackers
Think of this like an office phone system. You could have 100 different
internal numbers (extensions) but only 1 phone line.
-Lee Allen
> At 12:36 PM 5/17/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >Jan,
> >
> >>But: how can I connect to my office network? I have 3 computers,
> >>permanently connected with ethernetcards and to the internet (an ADSL
> >>connected). According to WIN VNC, my IP-address is 10.0.0.10,
> >>194.109.244.216, 1.0.0.1 (the first computer in the network, that is). I
am
> >>not able to connect, for some reason. (I can reach the computer when it
is
> >>directly connected to the internet by modem).
> >
> >it's not clear how your office network is addressed, nor the connection
or
> >route between client and server machines (the 10.x.x.x address isn't
> >publicly routed, and the 1.x.x.x isn't likely a legal one either).
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