cannot get to the computer behind the firewall

Scott C. Best sbest "at" best.com
Wed Mar 3 16:57:01 2004


Tom:

	Heya. Everything you might have never wanted to know
about getting VNC to work with firewall and routers involved
is here:

http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/fom-serve/cache/63.html

	I hope it helps!

-Scott


> I am trying to connect to the server from a remote location.  I know
> that I have it configured correctly because I can connect to the vnc
> server over the lan.  But how do I access the computer running the
> server from a remote location over the internet.  I have a dsl line
> with a dynamically assigned ip address.  I have a wireless router with
> two computers connected to a workgroup.  I do have a dynamic dns service
> running so I always have a url that resolves to whatever my currently
> assigned ip address is.  Whenever i type in the url
> (http://smilingdog.hopto.org), I get a failed to connect to server
> message.  If I type in my current IP address, I also get the same
> message.  Any suggestions?