RE: Using TightVNC on corporate network...

[<fre...@co...>]

John, thanks for the response.  Could you be more specific in terms of how to configure my router? When I look in the settings, I see options for port forwarding or port triggering.  With port forwarding, I have to enter a start port, end port, and a server ip address.  With port triggering, I have to enter service type (tcp or udp) and triggering port in the SERVICE section.  In the REQUIRED INBOUND CONNECTION section, I have to enter service type, starting port and ending port.

What information should I enter in those sections and should I be using port forwarding or port triggering?


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "John Serink" <John_Serink@Trimble.com>
> Hi Fred:
> 
> Right VNC uses tcp port 5900 as default for the server port. If your
> company has proxy servers in for web traffic it is HIGHLY unlikely that
> they are allowing port 5900 traffic out.
> You can try to setup VNC on port 80 on your home machine with the
> appropriate PAT entry on your home router and this should work. In you
> vnc client you would connect like this:
> a.b.c.d::80 where a.b.c.d is the IP address of your home internet
> connection.
> 
> Be advised however that some ISPs block all ports below 1023 for home
> type of DSL connections so that you can't setup your own
> website/mailserver/newserver etc.
> 
> Cheers,
> john
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:vnc...@li...] On Behalf Of
> fre...@co...
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 11:09 PM
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> Subject: Using TightVNC on corporate network...
> 
> 
> I am trying to use TightVNC on my corporate laptop running Symantec
> Protection Agent. I want to connect to my home machine, which does have
> the TightVNC server up and running.  My company uses proxy servers,
> which I imagine is the reason why I can not connect to my home machine.
> I get the "failed to connect to server" error message.  Is there any way
> to get past the company's proxy server or configure TightVNC to work
> with my proxy server?
> 
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