Newb question

[co556guy]

I installed UVNC server and listener on my laptop and my desktop and netbook.

I take my laptop out of the house when I go to work (on a different network), and I wish to be able to get into my desktop/netbook from work.

When I am on my LAN, I could connect easily, however now that I am at work, I cannot log on (even though I know my computers are on).

I have set UVNC server to initialize on the startup of my machines at home, and they run in the background. I tested this by turning them off, then back on, and the service started fine (and I could log on using my laptop that I take to work).

I am guessing that I am having an IP address problem, but I am confused about what I am doing wrong.

If anyone has an easy to understand documentation, that would be wonderful, or if someone could just tell me in plain english how to fix my problem, that would be even better.

my yahoo is co556guy if anyone wants to talk there.

Thanks in advance, and I apologize for my newbness.

[Robert_Zenz]

The problem in this case is most likely the network setup.

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YourHomePC <--> Router <--> Internet <--> Router <--> YourWorkPC

So you need to know IP (external one, from your ISP) of your Router at home and the Router most be configured to relay every incoming connection on port 5900 (or any other port you choose) to your home PC. Keyword: Port Forwarding.

As an additional problem appears the company network, it's possible that the traffic is filtered or on some ports blocked, so that you can't even reach your router at home (f.e. only ports 21 and 80 are allowed to pass to the internet).

[B]

So, usually, all the IP addresses on your home network are "private" -- they are of the form 192.168.x.x. These addresses ARE NOT REACHABLE from the Internet, such as when you connect from work.

You need to determine the "public" address held by your router, forward ports at your router (to the private address of your target PC) and then use the public IP address when connecting from work.

http://portforward.com is one site to read, but this information is all over the Internet. I think it's in the UltraVNC FAQ somewhere too. Good luck.