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

[Scott C. Best]

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 	Yikes, 20 hours. :) Have a look here:

http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/fom-serve/cache/64.html

 	The important thing to keep in mind is that after you've
setup your routers port-forwarding, you will not be able to connect
to them -- using the external IP address -- from the inside. A lot
of users actually have things setup correctly, but fail to test
it correctly, and think they did something wrong.

 	To test your router's port-forwarding settings from inside
the LAN, try this:

http://www.gotomyvnc.com/

cheers,
Scott

> 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.