Linksys BEFSR41 Router Problems

Benjamin J. Weiss Benjamin@Weiss.name
Fri Apr 4 19:04:00 2003


Most of these NAT routers have a page for forwarding ports.  What's yours
set at?

Also, how are you accessing VNC?  Is it through an SSH tunnel, or direct?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan C. Miller" <jonathan@reunited.com>
To: <vnc-list@realvnc.com>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 10:52 AM
Subject: Linksys BEFSR41 Router Problems


> I have been unsuccessful using VNC remotely from my laptop computer to
> access my home machine which is behind a Linksys BEFSR41 Etherfast/Cable
> DSL Router.
>
> I have followed all of the instructions on the realvnc website for doing
> so and have worked directly with Linksys technical support without any
> success.
>
> When the laptop is attached to the home network, I have no problem
> accessing the home machine using one of the locally assigned IP
> addresses. However, once I try to use the external IP address assigned
> by my cable Internet access provider, the connection to the server
> fails.
>
> If anyone has any information which will help me solve this issue, I
> would be greatly appreciative.
>
> Make it a great day!
>
> Jonathan Miller
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