Comments on: Getting Serious About VNC

By: How-To: Make Use of UltraVNC SC (Single-Click) | VariableGHz

How-To: Make Use of UltraVNC SC (Single-Click) | VariableGHz — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:45:40 +0000

[...] IP, or you can lock it down using something like DynDNS, similar to the way you normally do with UltraVNC. I strongly recommend you lock it down using DynDNS, and the DynDNS Updater on your system. So, [...]

By: Windows Home Server is Incredibly Awkward | VariableGHz

Windows Home Server is Incredibly Awkward | VariableGHz — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:56:54 +0000

[...] So, to begin, I click Windows Home Server Console and a wizard takes you through the steps of setting up the Console. It was simpler than I expected, considering the awkward and unfriendly UI experience it started with. Once it got to the remote access and Internet accessibility of the Console, however, things came to a halt. Cleverly, WHS tries to enable UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) in your router to make things easy. However, just like with ActiveX, UPnP was/is the cause of many security exploits and malware so by default, many routers have UPnP disabled — including the one I am using. So, I enabled UPnP on this Netgear router and then the wizard was able to proceed, however, it still briefly flashed that orange exclamation mark icon before stating that everything was A-OK and later on down the line it would tell me periodically that remote access functionality wasn’t working. To fix it, I would click repair and it would show me a spinny wheel for a while, then, somehow, it would be fine… for a while. Fortunately, I don’t rely on gimmicky “remote access” hubs/add-ins, I use the real deal: UltraVNC. [...]

By: thijs

thijs — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:43:49 +0000

Nice!
So, the first time the IP-adress of the server will change, I will notice if I configured it all the right way. That will be the first time I will be happy with a change of IP-adress!

Thanks!!

By: admin

admin — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:41:47 +0000

Hey there,

That’s precisely the reason for DynDNS and UltraVNC! By default, DynDNS will check for a change in your IP every 5 minutes, if there is a change, it will make an update to the hostname. By default, it will “force” an update within 25 days. You shouldn’t have to manually deal with your IP ever again.

I am glad you’re able to use DynDNS and VNC together in this way. It’s a near-perfect solution.

-Admin

By: thijs

thijs — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:46:02 +0000

Hello,

Thank you for your information.
I still have a question. But I will explain my “server situation” first.

I have a server at a location which I normally never visit. I use VNC Viewer to acces this server using the IP adress. The IP adress is dynamic. When it has changed, I have to travel to my server connect a monitor, look at the new IP adres and go home again.

I’ve now made a dyndns account and installed the dyndns client on my server. I’ve also linked the service to the dyndns account, and I can connect to my server by entering the hostname.

But:
When the IP-adress of the server will change again, will these Dyndns tools update my IP-adress automatically. So that I can still connect to my server using the hostname?

And if not, how can I make it possible that I don’t have to travel to my server every time the IP-adress has changed?

Thank you!

By: Ernesto Wilkinson

Ernesto Wilkinson — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:50:11 +0000

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By: Wafer

Wafer — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:30:10 +0000

I tried all day long to get this working.
I use a brand new Router Netgear DGNB2100 with insuccess.
I tried to open and forward all port.
I opened also all VNC ports using UPnP port mapping software and… nothing again.
When I connect with the client to server it fail.

I’m getting crazy I’m start thinking probably is the brand new router that may have some firmware problems.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:56:55 +0000

Mr. Garoo,

Thanks for your comment. I didn’t say that TightVNC does not have those features, but rather UltraVNC has the least disadvantages and in my opinion is the most stable of the VNC flavors. Moreover, the last time I tested TightVNC, which admittedly was a long time ago, it lacked numerous features such as the chat, file-transfer, ability to send custom-keys, etc. I apologize if this information seems incorrect, but note that I did not state that TightVNC lacks these features but only that UltraVNC does in fact have them and they work well.

By: Angel

Angel — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:28:29 +0000

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By: Ran Garoo

Ran Garoo — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:18:15 +0000

Your information in re tightVNC is incorrect.

Always had native ctr-alt-del, file transfer and much more.

Extremely easy to set up and works like a charm in secure connections whether
ssh, ssl,stunnel, putty: what have you.