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The routing issue may be a problem but i had to point vnc to the default gateway to make a connection on the machine.One real good solution is to add a second nic card with a dedicated outside Ip address and go thru it that way you will still have total access to your machine, and any network applications you may have access to.Be fore warned if you are running a firwall, you will have to configure it to allow the program.

Your first task is going to be setting up a connection to your network from home. This can be done either with RAS or a VPN connection. Once the connection is working, you will be "on the netork" and VNC will work the same as it does from the office.

The machine you are trying to connect to must have an external IP address you can download a free DNS client and make that computer part of a sub-domain. I recommend the freeware DNS Client NO-IP which can be downloaded from www.no-ip.com. Installthat application on the host computer and then register with NO-IP.com a subdomain name. If the computer you wish to connect to is behind a router or firewall you will have to route port 5900 to that computer or open poft 5900 and allow the VNC application access thru the firewall. Also remember to leave VNC open in the listen mode or you will not be able to connect. I would also check with the Network Administrator to see if these actions would be allowed on your network, because any open ports or visible ip addresses leave your LAN at potential risk. I know this solution works because I use it to access my home computer from work.

Assuming you have a permanent connection and a NAT router you should be able to port forward 5900 external to the system you want to control. If you want to control a handful of systems then set each to use a different port. If you have a static WANaddress you should have no problem, if not, use a dynamic DNS service such as DNS2GO. Your aim could be achieved this way although I wouldn't recommend using VNC over the web except via a VPN.

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