Cannot connect two PC's operating under the same Linksys router

[Steve Bostedor]

Skip,

  Can you please provide us with the details of the inability to connect?
What steps were taken with the VNC product?  Are there any errors?

Thank you,

Steve Bostedor
http://www.bozteck.com
VNC Management Made Simple



On 10/5/07 9:45 PM, "skip hicks" <skip_hicks "at" msn.com> wrote:

> After digging through all the old posts and spending approximately 20 hours
> trying to establish a connection I cannot for the life of me determine what
> the solution would be. So I bow to the wisdom that is this list and ask for
> your help.
> I have 2 home computers, both running Windows XP Pro, one a IBM laptop and one
> an older Compaq PC. I have an internal wireless card in the IBM that works
> fine and even allows me to 'view' a remote computer outside of my home
> perfectly.
> The desktop is using a Netgear wireless WG111 v.2 USB wireless adapter. I'm
> using the current (4.1) version of RealVNC.
> My problem is that I cannot seem to link the 2 computers at home (both under a
> linksys wrt54g), I've updated my firmware on the router to the current linksys
> version and attempted virtually every possible combination I could think of.
> I've disabled all firewalls & antivirus software and have even been able to
> network the two hard drives (via Windows network wizard) and connect with
> Window's Remote Desktop just fine. But I CANNOT create a connection with
> RealVNC (or PcAnywhere for that matter), no matter what I do.
> I have ensured the fast 'user switching' is disabled and both computers access
> the 'net' just fine.
> All attempts time out. I'm trying to use the laptop to remotely access the
> desktop and this is now more of a personal battle than anything.
> I am at a complete loss. Can anyone else provide a workable solution? It's now
> more a case of curiosity rather than any necessity but I hate being defeated
> by technology. ;-)
> I thank you in advance.
> 
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