Newbie Needs Help

[Jim Hill]

Daryl Riggins wrote:
> I should have a straight forward installation. Here is what I have done:
> --I have installed the full, free VNC on both server and viewer computers.
> Running Win XP Home on both. They have all the latest patches and updates.
> Firewall on both is Norton Internet Security 2006 which autoconfigured after
> I ran VNC the first time.
> --lacking a static IP, I have setup DynDNS to point to my router (LinkSys
> model that supports DynDNS)
> --I setup port forwarding on port 5900 to my destination computer, SNAUSAGE
> --I am able to ping my router just fine. I do not know how to determine if
> port forwarding is working correctly. This would be good to learn, if
> someone would help here.

I use Ethereal to find out what's happening on the network.
You may need a little time to learn to understand what it tells 
you, but that would be time well spent, very "empowering" ;)
(Ethereal is free, from http://www.ethereal.com/download.html)

> --I have attempted to establish a VNC connection between viewer/server, but
> am getting connection errors. It SEEMS like my server computer, snausage,
> cannot be seen. But, this is just a guess.
> 
> Can someone help me troubleshoot?
> 
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