Dan, Further to Chris Johansen's email, change the NAT forwarding at your work to port 5900, use a VNC client at home to try connecting to the work PC. Make sure that port 5900 is also open on your home PC if you do not have a direct connection to the internet at home.
Since you have a DSL connection at work you might be able for testing purposes to use the IP address to connect from home. At work on the VNC server visit the following website http://www.whatismyipaddress.com/ and make a note of the IP address. At home using the VNC viewer type in the IP address you were given above, this should work as long as the DSL router was not rebooted between the time you got the IP address and the time you try at home (I also assume that port 5900 is open and the VNC server is using display number 0). Thanks Shola Ogunlokun -----Original Message----- From: Chris Johansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 7:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Daniel Tan Subject: Re: dns2go Dan, some remarks from an ignoramus. Folks, jump in if I am wrong. At 4/12/2002Friday09:51 PM, you wrote: > > A couple of questions: > > > 2. Does the PC running DNS2GO and VNC server have a > > direct connection to the internet or does it have > > go through a gateway PC/Firewall? > >- . . . . i have enabled NAT to port 5800 to point to > my work pc. That enables the web browser at your (viewer) end to get the VNC-via-browser applet from the VNC server at the remote end. Port 5900 must also be forwarded to actually view the remote end with your browser running the applet. If you have the VNC viewer installed, you don't need to use a browser; the viewer connects to the remote end port 5900. So, in either case, port 5900 must be accessible. > > 4. Do you have a firewall at work and are ports > > 5800 and 5900 open? > > - . . . . [On] my router there's only a function to > route port 5800 to work pc ip address. If you can only enable a single port, it must be 5900; you must use the VNC viewer at your end--a browser won't work. If you can enable a single *range* of ports, a sloppy workaround would be to enable the block 5800--5900 (inclusive). Then you could use either a browser or the VNC viewer from your end. I don't *think* I have told you any lies. ;-)> Best regards, -- Chris Johansen 33 Haywood Street Asheville, NC 28801-2835 ===================================================================== This email is confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by telephoning +44 (20) 7330 3000 and requesting the IT Helpdesk. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose its contents to any other person. Allen & Overy One New Change London EC4M 9QQ Tel:+44 (20) 7330 3000 Fax: +44 (20) 7330 9999 General Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.allenovery.com Allen & Overy is a solicitors' partnership. A list of the names of partners and their professional qualifications is open to inspection at the above office. The partners are either solicitors or registered foreign lawyers. IMPORTANT NOTICE: This is a legal communication not a financial communication. Neither this nor any other communication from this firm is intended to be, or should be construed as, an invitation or inducement (direct or indirect) to any person to engage in investment activity. The following information is provided in accordance with the Solicitors' Financial Services (Conduct of Business) Rules 2001. The provision of our legal services may relate to investments. We are not authorised by the Financial Services Authority, but we are regulated by the Law Society and we can undertake certain activities in relation to investments which are limited in scope and incidental to our legal services or which may reasonably be regarded as a necessary part of our legal services. If for any reason we are unable to resolve a problem between us and a client, our client may utilise the complaints and redress scheme operated by the Law Society. ===================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
