Topic: Port forwarding doesn't

[chrislaurie]

Hi All

I have set-up a port forwarding rule to make tightvnc work (ports 5500 to 5900) to my laptop (fixed IP no dhcp) but it doesn't seem to work.

Any help appreciated.

Chris Laurie

[MSmith]

For TightVNC (or indeed VNC in general) you need only 5900/TCP.  If you want to use the Java/HTTP viewer you also need 5800/TCP but this is not necessary; only 5900 is necessary.  

Are you running firewalling software such as the XP firewall on your laptop?  If so, have you opened port 5900 on the laptop?

One final note:  it'd enhance your security if you abandoned the portforwarding for VNC and instead established VPN access to your SME server, then used TightVNC to access your laptop via the *internal* LAN IP.  This also works beautifully with Remote Desktop or PCAnywhere.