Port Forwarding

[brad.mugleston at comcast.net]

OK, 5900 is the default but he can't get through.  Any ideas 
(he's running XP and I've got Red Hat 9.0).

Thanks,

Brad


On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, gm wrote:

> 
> Realvnc runs on port 5900.  He won't be able to download files from your
> computer to his, he will be able to alter documents on your machine.  
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Gm
> 
> I'm trying to get my son to access my home computer from school.  
> I'm using a Linksys router and while he can ping the cable modem 
> the port forwarding doesn't seem to be working.
> 
> I've look at the instructions and the only thing I can see that I 
> may not be doing right is the Ext. Port Range.  What range should 
> I be putting in?  I am not seting up a Web Server (port 80) or an 
> FTP server (port 21) I just want to give him access to my 
> computer so he can get files from my machine to his (not 
> necessarly FTP).  We are using RealVNC to connect between the two 
> machines.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 

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