JustAnAverageGuy
Diamond Member
I've got a bit of a oddity here.
I'm trying to set up a VNC connection from home to the office using UltraVNC so that it's possible to retrieve any files left at work.
Computer A (Home) is - (Modem --> Router (MS MN-700, latest firmware) --> computer) XP Pro || Comcast
Computer B (Work) is - (Modem --> Switch --> computer) XP Home ||Sprint DSL
While establishing that the software works, I put computer A in a DMZ and opened pretty much every port there is to it. (stupid, I know) After establishing that everything worked as advertised, I locked it down again and just opened up the VNC ports (5500, 5800, 5900)
The odd thing is, I can connect from work to home and the program works perfectly fine, no problems whatsoever. But I absolutely, no matter what I do cannot log in to work from home.
To try and fix it so far, I've tried directly connecting the work computer to the modem, using a dial-up connection at work, using a neighbor's wifi network at home, and nearly every setting I can find in UltraVNC.
It surprises me that I have no problems getting past the router at home, but I absolutely cannot connect to a (nearly) completely undefended computer at work.
It was my understanding that routers only prevented data from coming in, not prevent it from going out. AFAIK, the windows firewall is properly configured to allow the traffic on both computers.
Remote Desktop works fine at home between computers on the LAN.
Ideas?
I'm trying to set up a VNC connection from home to the office using UltraVNC so that it's possible to retrieve any files left at work.
Computer A (Home) is - (Modem --> Router (MS MN-700, latest firmware) --> computer) XP Pro || Comcast
Computer B (Work) is - (Modem --> Switch --> computer) XP Home ||Sprint DSL
While establishing that the software works, I put computer A in a DMZ and opened pretty much every port there is to it. (stupid, I know) After establishing that everything worked as advertised, I locked it down again and just opened up the VNC ports (5500, 5800, 5900)
The odd thing is, I can connect from work to home and the program works perfectly fine, no problems whatsoever. But I absolutely, no matter what I do cannot log in to work from home.
To try and fix it so far, I've tried directly connecting the work computer to the modem, using a dial-up connection at work, using a neighbor's wifi network at home, and nearly every setting I can find in UltraVNC.
It surprises me that I have no problems getting past the router at home, but I absolutely cannot connect to a (nearly) completely undefended computer at work.
It was my understanding that routers only prevented data from coming in, not prevent it from going out. AFAIK, the windows firewall is properly configured to allow the traffic on both computers.
Remote Desktop works fine at home between computers on the LAN.
Ideas?
