Opening port in router

[Tony Aluknavich]

Hello all:

I am trying to run Tight VNC from my home network to my office computer and
vice versa.  Please give me your thought on my situation, if you don't mind.

>From home to office VNC works fine. I can bring up my machine's desktop and
use it! (Success!)  From office to home is "can't find server".  At home I
have an XP Pro system tied into a Linksys BEFSR41 router then into a
RoadRunner Cable modem. When I opened port 80 in the router and add my
computer's IP address (192.168.1.102), everything seems fine. I added my
host (Home VNC serer) to the "no-ip DUC" service and still no problem. No-ip
DUC is set as a service on the XP machine and runs in my system tray and is
updating the router's IP address every 30 minutes.  However, when I try to
access the home computer from the office, the VNC viewer reports it can't
find the server.  The VNC server is always on in the home XP machine. When I
went back into the router and read the help file for the port forwarding it
said I have to disable DHCP for the port to be open.  Does this sound right
to any you?  If so, will I have to assign IP/gateway/etc  addresses manually
in the XP machine internet setup?

Any help or suggestions from you will be greatly appreciated.

Tony Aluknavich
The Woodlands, Texas


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