VNC Ubuntu

I can VNC into my machine while in my own network. i.e. 192.168.2.... with
VNC tight. But when I am outside my network I can't. I've opened port 5900
in my router settings, and I still can't. Am I missing some settings on the
ubuntu side? Also, I am using the dhcp numbers from my provider, not my
router settings i.p. Just so you know.



Thanks for any assistance.
Jeff

Assuming the port forwarding is setup right, since it works on the
inside network, it should work from the outside in. So, either the
port forward is not setup correctly or your isp has some kind of
firewalling turned on that is blocking the outside world from accessing
port 5900 on your router.

solrpwr wrote:

> I can VNC into my machine while in my own network. i.e. 192.168.2.... with
> VNC tight. But when I am outside my network I can't. I've opened port 5900
> in my router settings, and I still can't. Am I missing some settings on
> the ubuntu side? Also, I am using the dhcp numbers from my provider, not
> my router settings i.p. Just so you know.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any assistance.
> Jeff

You need to open 5800 too.

http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html#firewall

I will open 5800 as well and give that a shot.

Thank you!
"Ken K" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> solrpwr wrote:
>
>> I can VNC into my machine while in my own network. i.e. 192.168.2....
>> with
>> VNC tight. But when I am outside my network I can't. I've opened port
>> 5900
>> in my router settings, and I still can't. Am I missing some settings on
>> the ubuntu side? Also, I am using the dhcp numbers from my provider, not
>> my router settings i.p. Just so you know.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any assistance.
>> Jeff
>
> You need to open 5800 too.
>
> http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html#firewall

I doubt opening 5800 will do the trick. I have ubuntu and vnc turned
on and all I forward is port 5900 and it works like a charm. 5800 is
if you want the java viewer. You might do a quick "netstat -l |more"
and see what ports are open on your machine. It should have *:5900
listed there.

Remember the port number also is determined by which client :0, :1, :2 etc.
If you configure it at display :2 open 5802, 5902, 6002...etc

-GeorgeC

"mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I doubt opening 5800 will do the trick. I have ubuntu and vnc turned
> on and all I forward is port 5900 and it works like a charm. 5800 is
> if you want the java viewer. You might do a quick "netstat -l |more"
> and see what ports are open on your machine. It should have *:5900
> listed there.
>