[Wolves] Remote Desktop Viewer in Jaunty

Jonathan Marriott jon at kiwiuk.net
Wed Jul 8 20:18:58 UTC 2009


John,

You need to setup a port forward (or service) on the router connected to the
network with the device you're trying to remote desktop to on. It sounds
like you might have setup the port forward/service on the wrong router...

Jon

2009/7/8 John Rose <john.aaron.rose at googlemail.com>

> I want to 'remote' from a laptop (Jaunty) to a netbook (jauntyNetbook
> Remix) . Remote Desktop Viewer works OK when both laptop & netbook are
> connected to the same router. However, no success when the laptop is
> connected to a router linked to one ISP and netbook is connected to another
> router linked to another ISP i.e. true remote connection. On Ubuntu Jaunty,
> there is no 'Only Allow Local Connections' checkbox and there is no Advanced
> tab (within System => Preferences => Remote Desktop). I've looked in
> gconf-editor's Desktop - Gnome - Remote Access parameters but with no
> success.
>
>  First router is UPNP enabled and has Service on port 5900 with firewall
> rule for laptop LAN ip address. Second router is UPNP enabled. In Firewall
> Configuration (i.e. gui for gufw), I've allowed port 5900 incoming on laptop
> & netbook, using Firewall Configuration for ufw.
>
> I've tried ipaddress::5900 with ipaddress as first router address & as
> second router address as shown by the routers' statuses and confirmed by
> www.whatismyipnumber.com: both give window stating connection was closed..
>
> Is it a problem with Jaunty or what should I be using for Host in Remote
> Desktop Viewer?
>
> Regards,
> John
> 07894 211434
>
>
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