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Old 07-11-2007, 01:11 PM
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Hi,

I'm trying to VNC from my Mac to a friend's Windows PC (using TightVNC as a server on the Windows machine anc Chicken of the VNC on the Mac as a viewer). I've never used VNC before, so I'm guessing and googling a lot ;-)
I have her WAN IP address, and the port is forwarded in the routing table, but when I try to log in with VNC I get either "Could not connect to server" or "No route to host" errors.
Somewhere I read that I should be able to ping the host, so I tried pinging her WAN address but it didn't work. Is that right, or is the "host" her WAN address followed by a colon and the port? Anyway, when I add the port, ping says it can't resolve XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:YYYYY.
I'm confused, I just don't really understand the docs I read :-( My dsl internet connection is ok, and so is hers. I've read somewhere that "route get" should give me some information, but I don't understand the output :-( Can anybody help me?

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Old 07-11-2007, 03:54 PM
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1st problem - DSL
2nd problem - It can be a number of things. She may have her ports blocked, you may be accessing the wrong ones. Firstly, how did you attain her IP address? Can you give us a snapshot of the settings.
3rdly, why do you want to do this? It is illegal ya know.
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Old 07-11-2007, 10:08 PM
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3rdly, why do you want to do this? It is illegal ya know.
VNCing to someones PC is not illegal.


Check modem settings on the server side network to make sure the port is forwarded.

Message me if you need any more help.
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Old 07-12-2007, 09:15 AM
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VNCing to someones PC is not illegal.
Depends on consent.
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Old 07-13-2007, 05:15 AM
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She *gave* me her IP address and the VNC password on the phone because I want to help her out with something... (after I walked her through downloading a TightVNC to use as a server). I'm still working on this, but I've broken the problem into bits. I'll repost when I have more specific questions.
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