Posted in Computers & Tech / Networking
Author: Machzy Total-Replies: 4

Hi,
I have a router at home and I installed RealVNC on it. At first, my IP address (the one that showed up when I hovered my mouse over the RealVNC icon in the system try) was different than IP address that came up when I ran the "VNC server test page".

So like the documentation said on the RealVNC website, I setup port forwarding on my router and tried again but I still have two different IP addresses on my computer at home. I tried both IPs but the viewer keeps giving me the same error message every time I try to connect "unable to connect to host: Connection timed out (10060)".

Can anybody give this newbie a hand with how to get this to work? Thanks.

Posted in Computers & Tech / Networking
Author: Jimmy89 Total-Replies: 13

Hi,
I recently installed RealVNC so that I can look after a remote computer on my network. I have installed the server on computer a and the client on computer b! The server is running in service mode and has been setup with a password for authentication.

My first problem comes when I try to connect from B to A. I get different errors messages including Connection Timed Out and Connection Refused. I have unblocked the ports on windows firewall (ports 5920 and 5820 (thats what im using)) and opened a series of ports on my router to allow access. Using command prompt and netstat -a I found that the computer is using the port 5920.

Whats strange is that when i add a client on the server computer (A) and have the listening client open on B, it connects! i get a dialog window and can see the other computer. But when i try to connect from B to A, it wont work!

When i attempt to connect with the Java viewer on port 5820 i get the VNC logo and a java prompt. It then says which computer do you want to connect to i click ok, it asks for the password then I get a error. the viewer then sits there doing nothing.

Thanks,
-jimmy

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Posted in Computers & Tech / Networking
Author: WeaponX Total-Replies: 10

VNC is actually a great program for most remote access issues. The ports have to be forwarded properly though if you are using a router. I also recommend using Symantec's PCAnywhere, but that's a paid program.

The best among them all is LogMeIn. You can get it at:

https://secure.logmein.com/home.asp

They have a free version and paid version. The free version does everything that I want already, so there's no need to go pro on this one