Help Request: VNC through firewall...

[Sean J. Schluntz]

The default ports for VNC are 5900+, I would suggest trying to forward 
those through your router instead of the 5800 range.

-Sean

On Dec 10, 2003, at 8:56 PM, Carl J. Hixon wrote:

> Hi all.  I recently installed VNCServer on my RH9 machine at home.  I 
> then
> installed VNCClient on my Win2K machine also at home.  I run 
> "vncserver" on
> my linux box and I am able to get VNCViewer working on my win2K 
> machine with
> no trouble.  [192.168.2.39:1]
>
> When I go to work, also win2k, I am unable to get the client working.  
> It
> doesn't find the server.  From work I use my internet IP 
> [68.8.88.134:1].
> My cable router has a virtual server in it and I port forward 5800, 
> 5801,
> 5802, and 5803 to the same port on 192.168.2.39.  I guessed these ports
> based on what I have read on the internet.  I don't know how to check 
> to see
> what port vncserver is actually using.
>
> I am using PuTTY (ssh) at both locations with no problems.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.  FYI, I am very newbie to linux.
>
> Thanks,
> Carl
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Sean J. Schluntz                                                
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