Using VNC with external DSL modem

[gl]

First of all, you want to try and connect to the DHCP assigned IP, not the
IP of the DSL modem (I'm no IP guru, but the 10.x.x.x address is most
probably reserved for internal LAN use).

64.34.254.158 resolves to 'route-64-34-254-158.telocity.com', which I
presume is your ISP, so this is the IP that you should be able to connect
to.

Does your machine have a firewall set up or some similar security system?
What OS are you running on?  Can you access the 'net from the server machine
ok?  Are you sure the DHCP assigned IP is static, and not changed at regular
intervals? (many ISPs use this scheme as a security measure, and to stop
customers running servers).  If you're on an MS OS machine, open the command
prompt, and on 9x type 'winipcfg', or 'ipconfig' on NT to get up-to-date ip
info...
--
gl


----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Hackett" <tdh "at" isdeveloper.net>
To: <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 3:13 AM
Subject: Using VNC with external DSL modem


> Greetings,
> I have an external DSL modem/router.  The modem has an IP of 10.5.2.1.
The
> modem is connected to the machine using ethernet cable.  The IP of the
> machines NIC card which connects to the DSL modem is assigned by the
> providers DHCP server and stays fixed once it is issued.  The machine has
a
> second NIC card for sharing within the internal network.  I have read the
> documentation and can connect to the DSL machine from a client within the
> LAN using the IP Address of the internal NIC card which is
192.168.200.254.
> However, when I try to access the machine when off site, I get the message
> "cannot locate server"  when trying to connect to the IP
> address(64.34.254.158) of the NIC card connected to the external DSL
modem.
> I have also tried connecting to the IP of the DSL modem and get the same
> error message.  Any ideas on how this type of configuration should be set
> up.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Todd Hackett
> ISDeveloper, Inc.
> tdh "at" isdeveloper.net
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list
> to majordomo "at" uk.research.att.com
> See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list
to majordomo "at" uk.research.att.com
See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------