vnc access

[Cyphase]

I have my VNC server enabled, but instead of opening port 5900 on my
router, I tunnel in through SSH. Easy and secure.

Assuming you're outside your network..

1. Open a port on your router for SSH
2. When connecting in, log in to SSH and create a tunnel from the
computer you're on to your home machine. The command for this is
	ssh USERNAME at HOME_IP_OR_DOMAIN -p PORT_IF_NOT_22 -L 5901:localhost:5900
-C

If you're on Windows, use PuTTY.
3. Use a VNC client (TightVNC is good) to connect to localhost:5901
4. Tada!

On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 07:48 -0500, Paul Kaplan wrote:
> I'm still having problems using a vnc client from behind a corporate to access 
> my home boxes.  My vnc server is running OK and I can access it using java 
> when I'm at home connecting to either my LANs private IP or externally thru 
> the public IP and port 5800.  When I try to do this from work, I get a time 
> out.
> 
> Any ideas how to get through?  I don't need/want anything that is too complex 
> since my objective is just to do occasional trouble shooting or grab a file.
> 
> Paul
>