[X4U] VNC through router

[Ean Kingston]

On May 27, 2005 01:40 pm, John Azevedo wrote:
> On May 27, 2005, at 12:30 PM, Ean Kingston wrote:
> > On May 26, 2005 09:16 pm, John Azevedo wrote:
> >> I connect to a macmini on my home LAN via VNC and ARD. How can I
> >> connect from a remote location? I have a router connected to a cable
> >> modem at home and I'll be using dialup from the remote location. I've
> >> tried opening port 5900 on the router but I can't connect.
> >
> > That should work as long as you are forwarding 5900 to the macmini
> > appropriately
>
> How do I forward to the Macmini?
> I'm using Chicken of the VNC as a client, I've entered the Macmini's
> IP in the Host field and 5900 in the Display/Port field. On the
> router (Asante) in the Distributed Servers Setup I've entered 5900 in
> the Service Port field, in the Server IP field I've entered the
> Macmini's IP and checked the Enable box. Still doesn't work.

That sounds right but I don't know your specific router. 

Does your Mac mini have a power-saver mode? If so, it is probably going to 
sleep after you leave and doesn't know to wake up when it gets a network 
connection. 

If it does wake up, your client might be timing out before the connection is 
established. Have you tried connecting to the mac mini twice in a row when 
this happens?

> Any help is much appreciated.

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Ean Kingston

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