vnc port forwarding

[Colin Law]

On Tue, 2 Nov 2021 at 13:54, Zahid Rahman <zahidr1000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2021 at 13:46, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 2 Nov 2021 at 13:40, Zahid Rahman <zahidr1000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > according to  https://www.yougetsigcom/tools/open-ports/
> > >
> > > I have ports open for port 80 443  and 22.
> > >
> > > I have done the same steps yet  5900 vnc says closed.
> >
> > What same steps?  Is the vnc server running and configured to use port 5900?
> > Are you checking it on the machine running the server or from another
> > machine? If another machine is it on a different network?
>
> vnc is up and running on my local network.
> I want to access it  through the internet.
> When I said the same steps,  I meant  port forwarding on the router gateway.

Do you see the port open if you run, on the machine itself,
sudo lsof -i:5900

Colin