Almost all routers support this type of redirection.įor example, to access VNC or TightVNC server running on default ports, a router can be configured such way that TCP connections to ports 59 would be passed to the same ports of a particular machine with a specified private IP address (typically .x). Port forwarding allows passing external connections to computers in the internal network.
You should enable "port forwarding" in your router's configuration. How would I connect from the Internet to a machine in the internal network which is behind a router? * Do you plan to port TightVNC to MacOS X? * How can I hide the system tray icon in WinVNC?
* What is the default password in TightVNC? * How would I connect from the Internet to a machine in the internal network which is behind a router? To get more information about TightVNC, please consider visiting the VNC FAQ (most of the infomation there is applicable to TightVNC as well). Thanks to Michael Roland for the contribution! Icon so that it will show the same icon both before and after The third method of "hiding" the VNC tray icon requires someĭevelopers tools: using a resource editor, modify the WinVNC HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunĪgain, this is very risky. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "WinVNC" value which can be found in one of these: If VNC is running as a service, you can remove its service helper
In here could prevent Windows from ever working correctly again, Icon from appearing in the system tray is to modify theĪ registry entry specific to Windows itself. Thanks to Nick Palmer for the contribution!Īn alternative and more drastic measure to prevent the VNC The whole list of (Xref) Flavors of VNC and VNC Add-on's. This "registry hack" only works on some flavors of VNC servers,īut not all: TightVNC is supported, RealVNC is not. In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3,
Assuming that your users are on windows PCs, change the following