| Re: Real VNC Questions And Help [message #374509 is a reply to message #374504] |
Mon, 02 March 2009 18:33   |
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| SSnipe wrote on Mon, 02 March 2009 19:10 |
1) Since my moms pc and my pc are connect in my network which is mac filtered and password
If i use real vnc and make it so you dont need a password to connect to the computers to view them
is it safe? I dont care who views our pcs but from our house!
via i dont care if my mom sees mine or I see my moms but is it possible that anyone else can log in and see our computers without hacking my network?
2) Can someone help me step by step on setting it up?
since I cant get it to work
-I installed
-check settings to all default except a few
-put vcn password and put my password (none related to question 1)
-mine has its own port number and my moms has a diff port number
-on both pcs firewall exception to both server and viewer .exe of real vcn
-forward the ports for my moms pc on her windows firewall and forward my ports of my pc in my windows firewall
-forward both pc ports on my router (even tho diff pc i cant have same ports numbers in my router which is why i changed 1 pc's ports that are not default i get port overlapping even tho its for my pc not my mines )
and all i get is connection timed out both pc
I went over settings (never touched nothing except port and pass and anything else that I KNOW WHAT THEY WERE)
and went over and over it again and cant figure out wtf is wrong why wont it work and connect?
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To answer question 1.
IF you port forward your WAN ip to the desktop running the vnc server, then this is NOT safe. Any outside user can connect to it, thats what port forwarding does. If there is no password on your vnc server (your desktop) then they have full access. So if you are planning to use it without a password, externally over the internet then apply firewall mac permissions ( for example, ALLOW vncPort FROM *laptopmac address* )
To answer question 2.
Are you planning on using realvnc OUTSIDE of your lan ? ( your local "house" network ) If not then its not necessary to port forward. You can still connect to your real vnc server desktop by using the local ip ( 192.etc.. ).
If you are, and are attempting to access it via your WAN ip then im blank as of this moment.
To test out Desktop firewall permissions, i recommend trying to connect from within your own network ( For example , laptop to desktop ) using your private IP addressing
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