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How to use VNC through the internet?

  • 14-10-2006 3:09pm
    #1
    Zapho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭


    I'm looking to connect to my PC in college from home (or anywhere) using VNC. I've had a look online and most of the documentation I've found pretty much requires that both machines have external IP addresses or require that you have access to a router implement port forwarding. Well I've got neither of those options. I can get a shell (ssh) account on the network that the college PC is on though.

    Is there anyway of getting this running or does anyone have document explaining how to do it? Also which VNC prog is best? I'm using tightVNC at the moment. Is ultraVNC better?


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  • #2
    Dampsquid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 687 ✭✭✭Dampsquid


    Use www.logmein.com

    Install the client on your home PC, then it can be accessed remotely anywhere through the web


  • #3
    fatmander
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭fatmander


    theres not a lot of difference in the free versions of VNC,
    tight is probably the best, its totally open source if that counts for anything
    Tight has some form of auto tunneling over ssh, which is handy for collage ssh

    You do need to use some form of port forwarding on the college router, maybe if u ask IT nicely they will give you internal routing, its really all down to them, not really hard work for them either.

    Some remote access software allows you to dynamically bypass whatever firewalls/routers exist but I dont know which ones, google em


    only the internet college router needs an address, so you can find it with your comp.
    Then the port forwarding does the rest


  • #4
    snappieT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    The ssh account will help a LOT.

    If you're using linux or mac at home, you'll need to 
    ssh -L 5900:<name of the PC in college>:5900 <username>@<sshServer>
    The -L forwards port 5900 (VNC port) from your local machine to port 5900 on the college machine, via the ssh machine.

    If you're on Windows, get PuTTY, and go to the port forwarding tab. Again, 5900 to <machineName>:5900, local.

    Then, in your VNC client at home, just connect to "localhost", and it should go through.

    Any problems, feel free to ask.


  • #5
    GoneShootin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭GoneShootin


    Dampsquid wrote:
    Use www.logmein.com

    Install the client on your home PC, then it can be accessed remotely anywhere through the web

    Agreed. We use logmein at work to connect to client sites and its just the job. Handles all the exceptions that were mentioned by Zapho


  • #6
    DamoKen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭DamoKen


    GoneShootin wrote:
    Agreed. We use logmein at work to connect to client sites and its just the job. Handles all the exceptions that were mentioned by Zapho

    yep, use it myself to access my machine at home. simple to setup & simple to use.


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