VNC & AOL Broadband

[John Schneider]

John Schneider wrote:

> I have a friend who frequently needs my help with her PC.  We installed
> VNC, but can't find the true address of the machine.  She uses AOL
> broadband, and the modem is labeled "broadband blaster model 8012u".
>
> I'm very familiar with using VNC and getting the IP address on a PC with
> a straight dial-up connection.  I also have worked with machines using
> routers and know how to set up port forwarding to get to those
> machines.  The problem here is getting at the broadband modem to see
> what IP address it is using.
>
> ANY help would be greatly appreciated!
> John Schneider
>
Thanks to everyone who responded!  Two of the best sites for determining 
your modem/router's IP address are:
http://www.whatismyip.com/
http://www.all-nettools.com/pr.htm

However, there is still a problem, which I suspect has to do with port 
forwarding.  For example, when accessing a PC with VNC through a Linksys 
router, you need to open a port on the Forwarding page of the router 
configuration to get to the machine on the other side of the router.  I 
still can't get to the friend's PC, even though we now know the address 
of the modem.  With Linksys, you can open a browser window and go to 
192.168.1.1, which takes you to the setup.  This address doesn't work 
with the modem, and I don't know what else to try.  There MUST be a way 
to access the modem's settings from the PC!

Any more ideas?

BTW, I'm still begging her to dump AOL and get a REAL ISP!

John