VNC on Network

Anyone used RealVNC on a home network.

I've tried RealVNC and cannot get it to work; I've disabled fast user
switching on my XPHome OS but when I try to connect to a remote
computer it times out.

TightVNC works with no problem but I would prefer to use RealVNC as
there are some extra connection options that are a useful security
measure allowing restricting connections to certain IP addresses,
trouble is I cannot get it to work.

My firewall settings must be OK as TightVNC works fine.

Geoff Lane

I use RealVNC without a problem, ensure on the firewall the correct
port is enabled in order for RealVNC to work (9000 is the port)

On 28 Mar 2005 02:16:27 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Anyone used RealVNC on a home network.
>
>I've tried RealVNC and cannot get it to work; I've disabled fast user
>switching on my XPHome OS but when I try to connect to a remote
>computer it times out.
>
>TightVNC works with no problem but I would prefer to use RealVNC as
>there are some extra connection options that are a useful security
>measure allowing restricting connections to certain IP addresses,
>trouble is I cannot get it to work.
>
>My firewall settings must be OK as TightVNC works fine.
>
>Geoff Lane

I run RealVNC on my home network without problems and for my version the
correct port to open is 5900, not 9000.

I don't bother with password and encryption options since my NAT router
keeps the rest of the world at bay and in any case I have limited the scope
of access within the Windows firewall to the LAN only.

I leave RealVNC running as a service on any PC/laptop that I want to control
and that way I can be into it in 2 seconds :-)

"zappp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I use RealVNC without a problem, ensure on the firewall the correct
> port is enabled in order for RealVNC to work (9000 is the port)
>
> On 28 Mar 2005 02:16:27 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>>Anyone used RealVNC on a home network.
>>
>>I've tried RealVNC and cannot get it to work; I've disabled fast user
>>switching on my XPHome OS but when I try to connect to a remote
>>computer it times out.
>>
>>TightVNC works with no problem but I would prefer to use RealVNC as
>>there are some extra connection options that are a useful security
>>measure allowing restricting connections to certain IP addresses,
>>trouble is I cannot get it to work.
>>
>>My firewall settings must be OK as TightVNC works fine.
>>
>>Geoff Lane
>

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> TightVNC works with no problem but I would prefer to use RealVNC as
> there are some extra connection options that are a useful security
> measure allowing restricting connections to certain IP addresses,
> trouble is I cannot get it to work.
>
> My firewall settings must be OK as TightVNC works fine.

If you've got a firewall, you should be able to use TightVNC and configure
the firewall to restrict access to certain IP addresses.

Alex

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:42:44 +0100, "Alex Fraser" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

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>> TightVNC works with no problem but I would prefer to use RealVNC as
>> there are some extra connection options that are a useful security
>> measure allowing restricting connections to certain IP addresses,
>> trouble is I cannot get it to work.
>>
>> My firewall settings must be OK as TightVNC works fine.
>
>If you've got a firewall, you should be able to use TightVNC and configure
>the firewall to restrict access to certain IP addresses.

My understanding of FWs is that for a router (Hardware FW) it can only
control traffic passing through it so local traffic doesn't touch it,
my software FW is ZoneAlarm and I can only have limited program
control allowing/denying access to internet or trusted zones.

Geoff Lane

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:46:22 +0100, "Tiny Tim" <_(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I run RealVNC on my home network without problems and for my version the
>correct port to open is 5900, not 9000.

I don't think it is a port problem as TightVNC works fine.

>I don't bother with password and encryption options since my NAT router
>keeps the rest of the world at bay and in any case I have limited the scope
>of access within the Windows firewall to the LAN only.

I want to use VNC to access a remote computer at a different address
but it will be via VPN so I assume, as far as the router is concerned,
it is a local computer and NOT an external one.

Geoff Lane

Geoff Lane wrote:

> My understanding of FWs is that for a router (Hardware FW) it can only
> control traffic passing through it so local traffic doesn't touch it,
> my software FW is ZoneAlarm and I can only have limited program
> control allowing/denying access to internet or trusted zones.
>
> Geoff Lane
>

Zone Alarm is fairly flexible when it comes to access/blocking
Ports.IP's or whatever you want to do .Try experimenting with the Expert
Rules if you wish to do something specific.Your help files give you the
basic idea.If you wish to download a separate manual
ZA 5.5
http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/med...ser_manual.pdf

NBT

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:27:48 +0100, NBT <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Geoff Lane wrote:

>> my software FW is ZoneAlarm and I can only have limited program
>> control allowing/denying access to internet or trusted zones.

>Zone Alarm is fairly flexible when it comes to access/blocking
>Ports.IP's or whatever you want to do .Try experimenting with the Expert
>Rules if you wish to do something specific

I've got the freebie version which is good but not quite as flexible.

Geoff Lane

"Geoff Lane" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:27:48 +0100, NBT <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >Geoff Lane wrote:
>
> >> my software FW is ZoneAlarm and I can only have limited program
> >> control allowing/denying access to internet or trusted zones.
>
> >Zone Alarm is fairly flexible when it comes to access/blocking
> >Ports.IP's or whatever you want to do .Try experimenting with the Expert
> >Rules if you wish to do something specific
>
> I've got the freebie version which is good but not quite as flexible.

The free version of Kerio Personal Firewall seems to offer the equivalent of
ZoneAlarm's Expert Rules (which, as NBT implies, is just what you want).

Perhaps worth a look, see http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html

Alex

On 28 Mar 2005 02:16:27 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Anyone used RealVNC on a home network.
>
>I've tried RealVNC and cannot get it to work; I've disabled fast user
>switching on my XPHome OS but when I try to connect to a remote
>computer it times out.

Having another look at RealVNC I notice the encryption setting under
options is greyed out and I cannot appear to alter it.

I've tried this under XP administrator settings as well as user.

Geoff Lane