Thank you, Michael. That was most helpful. I will try your suggestions and see how it goes, hopefully early this week.
Randy _______________________________________________________ > > 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. > 1) The "Service Port Range" needs to be set to 5900~5900. > 2) The protocol must be set to TCP. > 3) The IP address is the address of the host machine you want to > take over. > > If this doesn't work, please note that you may have to open port > 5800 as well if you are using the Java viewer in a web browser. Try looking > though the FAQ's for more information. The FAQ can be found at > http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/faq.html. > > > Question 2: The Linksys dsl router requires me to turn off DCHP > > to use Port Forwarding. Am I loosing something important by doing this? > > Check again. Unless you are using one of the BETA revisions of the > firmware, you should not have to disable DHCP in order to enable > port forwarding. > > DHCP is used to assign each of the computers on your network a > unique IP address. If all of the companies IP addresses are hard coded, you do > not require DHCP. > > Note that in some cases, DHCP will assign a different address to a > machine when that machine requests or tries to renew its address. If this > happen, you will not be able to VNC though the router as the address set > under forwarding will no longer correspond to the right machine, if any at > all. In this case, hard coded IP addresses will be the only way to ensure > a consistent IP address. Note that only the machines running a VNC > host you will be connecting to will require a hard coded address. > > Finally, if you plan on connecting to more than one machine on your > network though the Linksys, you will need to have them each setup on a > different port. For example, Jack's machine will be listening for a VNC > connection on port 5900. Larry's might be on 5901, Mary's on 5902, etc. In that > case, you will have to add a port forwarding entry on the Linksys for each > machine, also specifying the appropriate IP address for each machine. > > > 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? > > Yes. Anytime you poke a hole in your firewall, you decreasing the > level of security of your network. As port 5900 is a well known port for VNC, > one thing you might consider is to change it to a non-standard port. > This proposal is not foolproof but it will reduce the chances of being > detected by someone specifically scanning for machines running VNC on port > 5900. > > >Thanks for your help. > > You are welcome. Hope you find some of this helpful. Feel free to > let The List know if you run into any problems. > > Michael > > ------------------------------ > ________________________________________________________________ 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
