Hello, and thanks for your time. I am trying to use vnc to connect my home computer to a very small network at the office. At the office I use a 4port Linksys cable/dsl router to connect to the Internet. At home I'm just plugged into the phone jack. Both computers are running Windows 98se. On the dsl routher: DCHP server is enabled, PPPoe is disabled, and Dynamic Routing is disabled. Here are my questions concerning how to get through the Linksys dsl router:
Question 1: I understand that I have to set port forwarding on the dsl router setup to port 5900 (or 59xx), but what address do I plug in to be forwarded? I presume I use one of the addresses supplied by my ISP, but do I use the IP address, the Primary DNS, the Gateway, or the Subnet Mask, or do I use the Destination LAN (DCHP) IP address? I'm new at networking, and a bit confused as to which address to use. Question 2: The Linksys dsl router requires me to turn off DCHP to use Port Forwarding. Am I loosing something important by doing this? Question 3: By opening up port 5900 on the dsl router, am I also opening up a hole in my firewall that a hacker (or whatever we're calling them) can detect and walk through? Thanks for your help. Randy ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
