MY IP-Adress on Verizon Online

[John Aldrich]

On Saturday 16 September 2006 01:03 am, John Cunniff wrote:
> Dear Gregg,
>
> Hello, Gregg!
>
> Thank you for explaining to me about Westell Modem. I think I understand
> what you are talking about. Ok, so, 192.168.1.47 is the bridge of the
> public IP address to the local IP address into a computer.
>
> That was why VNC said 192.168.1.47 that would means that I cannot access
> to my friend's computer remotely unless I make a trip to my friend's
> apartment to fix her files or programs if my friend cannot fix, etc.
>
> So, she can access to all applications just fine, for example, mIRC (IRC
> client), NexTalk (www.nextalk.net), AIM, (AOL Instant Messenger), etc.
> without a problem but VNC is confusing with IP address.
>
> Can you tell me how can I solve the problem with Eestell modem or VNC to
> change the settings??? Or else???
>
> I would appreciate your help!
>
John:
What you need to do is go visit http://www.portforward.com and see if they 
have documentation there on how to do port forwarding on that modem. If not, 
maybe your friend's ISP will have information on how to do it.

I have a feeling your friend's PC is connected to the modem by a USB cable, 
right? If so, it would probably be easier for your friend to buy a home 
router and do the port-forwarding there. The router will connect to the 
Westell modem via an Ethernet cable and to your friend's PC via an Ethernet 
cable instead of the USB.

I personally like Netgear routers, but others swear by other brands.