Amiga and VNC

[BigBenAussie]

OK. I'm sorry this is off topic but....I'm kinda getting desperate and I'm really determined to do it.
How do I leave the server's port available through the firewall?

I'm running XP Pro at home.
I have a router box with a built in firewall at home....I guess I would have to remove it.

[odin]

I wouldn't want to run a VNC server on a public network without encryption. If you send the password to start a VNC session it's sent unencrypted. I.e. easy for people who know stuff about it to sniff it out and take over your computer......

However routing a specific port to a certain computer behind the router should be easy, should be in the router's manual.

VNC uses a standard port number of 5901 or thereabouts, isn't it?

[fx]

Hehe, I actually played with this just a couple weeks ago, had lots of problems with it and don't really know what I did once I finally got it up and running. Anyways I'm running on AGA with a 16 color Workbench using the server found on AmiNet.

I took a screenshot of it running which you can look at here: http://80.88.104.210/amivnc.png ...

[BigBenAussie]

OK...I'm totally ignorant about networking.

How on earth is my work PC able to connect to my server PC at home over the internet. I mean the IP address isn't going to be enough is it? I can't just get to any PC connected to the internet via an IP address can I? Errr... I guess I can, but I still don't get it. I mean, doesn't there need to be a central computer to manage the connection, or does my ISP serve as that? Isn't that how MS Netmeeting's remote desktop works by initially connecting to a central service?

I notice that the REALVNC server version allows you do add a client. Is that something I have to do or is it automatic?

And I really don't care if I throw the computer open totally. I REALLY need to get to my home machine.

How do I open the port in XP?

I would be eternally grateful if anyone can help me.

I really wish the REAL VNC website would have a quickstart section. I don't care about the options. I just need it to work.

[darksun9210]

look up stuff about VPN (virtual private networking) this should give you an encrypted connection (VPN Tunnel) to your machine and stop anyone being able to sniff data packets for unencoded password data that may be sent.
once the VPN is set up, then you should be able to access the machine as though you are on the same network as it is.

do a quick google for VPN, it should be pretty self explanitory, especially as you are using winXP(pro i hope)

then all you need is a VNC server running on the machine you want to connect to (Home), and the VNC client running on the machine to want use it with (Work). run the VNC viewer and type the IP address of the home machine and ta-daa! it works! or at least thats the theory

even works across dial up.

[Karlos]

I've seen people complain about the speed issues of VNC on amiga due to the way in which the screen is captured.

Would it be possible to write a version using some sort of notification patch that literally intercepts all calls to graphics/intuition on the current (frontmost) screen in such a way as to add "damage rectangles" to a queue? This assumes, of course, that VNC itself is able to work with partial (rather than complete) screen refreshes.