Ultr@vnc Repeater help

billybigfoot · Post by **billybigfoot** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 7:05 pm

I've just been trawling the Ultr@vnc web site and found an entry for the "Repeater" (http://forum.ultravnc.net/viewtopic.php?t=34).

Ok, I read it, it went right over my head, is ther any chance of one of the more experienced (and very wonderfully helpful) chappies/chappesses to take a look at the article and translate it in 'Normal' English, you know, something a half-wit like me could understand.

Thanks a shed-load.

JackMDS · Post by **JackMDS** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 9:49 pm

Let say you have a network with 3 computers and you want to be able to remotely control them through the Internet.

The usual way is to install a VNC Host on each computer and assign each host to a different port.

Example:

Computer 1 port 5810

Computer 2 port 5820

Computer 3 port 5830

You open these ports to the corresponded computer.

Through the Internet you use external IP: 5810 and you will get computer 1

External IP:5810 and you will get computer 1

External IP:5820 and you will get computer 2

External IP:5830 and you will get computer 3

You have to open 3 ports and remember the info concerning three computers.

The Repeater way. You install VNC Server and Repeater on computer 1 and you connect only to computer 1. From computer 1 through the repeater you can connect to computer 2 and 3.

I.e. in order to connect from remote you need only one port open and remember information concerning only one computer (the VNC server Repeater computer).

billybigfoot · Post by **billybigfoot** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 1:34 am

So why didn't the auther say that? Why do some people have to use gobledegook?

Anyway,

Next obvious question: how do I use repeater? Do I just start it up and prey or is there some way of configuring the repeater to do its stuff.
(thats three questions I know, I can't help being dim).

It's only because I like to learn, you know!!

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:46 am

I haven't used VNC in this mode, but with Terminal Services/Remote Desktop, and with PcAnywhere....

I'll remote into the computer that has the ports fowarded to it through the firewall, say the main server. I then, since I'm staring at it's desktop, initiate a remote connection to one of the LAN machines.

Basically you're just remoting into a host machine, then from that host machine...kicking off another remote session to another host machine. So on your desktop, you're looking at 3x machines!

billybigfoot · Post by **billybigfoot** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:37 pm

Thanks Stonecat, you should have a job translating "user manuals" into English.