Cannot connect

William Hooper whooper "at" freeshell.org
Fri Jul 22 21:51:01 2005


Aaron Hill wrote:
> New to VNC and new to networking in general but like most everything, I
> jump right in.  I have VNC Server set up in service mode on my home PC
> (XP).
> Every attempt to connect to my server PC from an outside internet
> connection has been blocked.  I can connect to other PCs with the viewer
> and I can remotely access my PC with my laptop when it is connected to the
> LAN.  Port
> 5900 is wide open and can be sniffed by gotomyvnc.com.

When trying to connect with the viewer, are you using the same IP that
gotomyvnc.com displays?

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William Hooper