Accessing over the Internet

[Alex K. Angelopoulos]

If you are doing exavtly what you say you are doing below, the problem is 
that you are trying to connect IE to the wrong port.

> My IP address is 218.214.X.XXX and  when I type
> http://218.214.X.XXX:5900 into Internet Explorer I get a page cannot be
> displayed message...

Use http://218.214.X.XXX:5800

The server on 5800 will serve the Java applet, which will then connect to 
port 5900 automatically.

Mark H wrote:
> Hi all.
> I am using VNC 3.3.7 and I want to set it up so I can access my server
> from the internet.
> I have a Netcomm NB1300 ADSL Modem and have set up port forwarding like
> this Public Port         Private Port        Port Type        Host UP
>    Address 5800                    5800                TCP
> 192.168.1.5
>    5900                    5900                TCP
> 192.168.1.5
>
> 192.168.1.5 is the static IP address for the server on my LAN.
> On the server I have the VNC Server running and can access it using the
> viewer program and by typing http://server:5800  in Internet Explorer
>
> I have set the server to Accept Incoming Connections, Enable Java
> Viewer and set the display number to auto which is 0.
> 218.214.X.XXX is accepting connections on Display 0 (TCP port 5900).
> The server is running Windows 2000 Pro and no firewall has been set-up
> on it. What am I doing wrong?
> Is it because I am testing it with the same IP address as it is
> configured to receive. Therefore if I use a different net connection to
> access it would it work?
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks in advance
> Mark
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