How to connect to LAN from outside.

[Scott C. Best]

Abi:

 	Heya. Similar to the Yoics solution is EchoVNC:

http://www.echovnc.com

 	The idea is that both sides of the VNC connection (server
and viewer) make an independant "login connection" to publically
available server. This new server then acts as a "relay point" 
between the two sides of the VNC connection, without either having
to adjust their firwall settings. A little more latency, a lot
less hassle. :)

 	There's a few services out there like this now: FogCreek
has a subscription service called CoPilot, Ultr "at" VNC has their
PCHelpWare, there's also TeamViewer, Yoics, Hamachi (now owned
by LogMeIn), EchoVNC, and probably others. Each are a little
different, but all essentially solve the problem you're working
on...

cheers,
Scott

> As an
> alternative to using port-forwarding (especially if you get a
> dynamic IP
> address from your broadband provider), you could use a VPN.
>
> One such
> alternative is Yoics, which works like an instant messaging
> application -
> except your buddy list is populated with devices.  You
> can even share folders
> to other users.  Since I'm a founder of the
> company, I'm clearly biased, that
> said - the software is free & you
> can download a version which includes the
> free version of RealVNC
> here: http://alpha.yoics.com
>
> any questions, feel free
> to ping me directly or via the mail list.
>
> Ryo