Connection to a public Repeater

[Athena]

Hello,

I'm a beginner with this product, and my questions have probable already been asked many times but... I could not find the answer after reading/surfing/testing for more than 2 hours.

First, I tested the connection between 2 computers at home (using local IP) and it worked fine immediately.

Now, I would like to be able to connect to my PCs from outside (family, office, public connection...).
As I don't have a fixed IP, I guess I need to use a Repeater.
As I don't have access to a Web server, I guess I need to use a PUBLIC Repeater.


My questions are:
1) Are my guess correct or not (use of Public Repeater needed) ?
2) If yes, is there a list of Public Repeaters that can be used (if not, what is the most appropriate solution) ?
3) If there is a Public Repeater available, how can I configure Server/Viewer to use it ?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Athena]

OK, I've found answers to my questions, and it works fine from NAT to NAT via public repeater.

I have installed the Server as a service on my test computer; however, is it possible to start a connection without :
- manually starting the winvnc.exe program on the server
- manually adding a new client (Repeater Name + Code ID) ?

Or, if a fully automated connection is not possible, just ask the user sitting behind the seerver to click on 1 button to accept the remote control ?

[redge]

fully automated connection is possible with autoreconnect + code ID + repeater name

stop uvnc_service, close winvnc.

run as administrator notepad

search ultravnc.ini and open it
edit line service_commandline=

[admin]
service_commandline=-autoreconnect ID:123456 -connect repeater02.ultravnc.info

save and quit and restart uvnc_service
this should start uvnc_service to run winvnc connect to repeater with the ID:123456

replace 123456 by your own number and write another public repeater.

[Athena]

I added this line in the ultravnc.ini but it still not works without manually adding a client (but the service is running).

Here is my .ini file :

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[Permissions]
[admin]
service_commandline=-autoreconnect ID:111111111 -connect repeater02.ultravnc.info:5500
FileTransferEnabled=1
FTUserImpersonation=1
BlankMonitorEnabled=1
CaptureAlphaBlending=0
BlackAlphaBlending=0
DefaultScale=1
UseDSMPlugin=0
DSMPlugin=
SocketConnect=1
HTTPConnect=1
XDMCPConnect=0
AutoPortSelect=1
InputsEnabled=1
LocalInputsDisabled=0
IdleTimeout=0
EnableJapInput=0
QuerySetting=2
QueryTimeout=10
QueryAccept=0
LockSetting=0
RemoveWallpaper=1
RemoveAero=1
DebugMode=2
Avilog=0
path=C:\VNC
DebugLevel=10
AllowLoopback=0
LoopbackOnly=0
AllowShutdown=1
AllowProperties=1
AllowEditClients=1
FileTransferTimeout=30
DisableTrayIcon=0
MSLogonRequired=0
NewMSLogon=0
ConnectPriority=0
[ultravnc]
passwd=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Any idea about the problem ?

[redge]

is your computer is connected wireless or wired ?
wireless some time don't start before user logon to their account.
you need modify properties of your wireless network interface card for start wireless before user logon.

did you restart uvnc_service after ?
maybe replace repeater02.ultravnc.info by vserver.homeftp.org
just tested and both FQDN success.

are you sure you don't make an typing error about the ID number in the ultravnc.ini ?

[Athena]

My test environment is fully wired.

Yes, I stopped the service, updated the .ini file (in Admin mode), and restarted the service.
Then... impossible to connect from the client station; unless I add manually a client on the server => immediate connection.
I always use one and only one ID for my tests, vie copy&paste; and I tried to stop, check ini file and restart the service several times, re-copying the ID and repeater name & port at each time.

I will try with vserver.homeftp.org. Is there the same ports (5500 & 5900) ?

I maybe have a clue: installation of version 5.
As I don't have found the full v5 package, I installed the v2 (in French); then copied the content of the v5 update pack.

[redge]

I will try with vserver.homeftp.org. Is there the same ports (5500 & 5900) ?

yes, because is the same server just the alias name change.

I maybe have a clue: installation of version 5.
As I don't have found the full v5 package, I installed the v2 (in French); then copied the content of the v5 update pack.

????