[fsug-calicut] Re: Remote desktop in Karmic
- From: Sajith Kumar <sajithkumar88@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: fsug-calicut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:25:30 -0800
Hi Ranjan Das
I figured how to change it.Simply allow vnc to pass through the firewall in
router settings.
got the lead from this link
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1339252&page=3 (25th post)
Thanks
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Sajith Kumar <sajithkumar88@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> Dear Ranjan Das,
>
> So is there any way I can get the public IP.Is the public ip same as WAN
> ip?When I go to http://look-up.net my router's WAN ip is shown.Once we
> know the router's WAN ip and my laptop's LAN ip how can I get the latter's
> WAN ip?
>
> The interesting thing is I have done the same when I had Ubuntu 8.04
> version, using vinagre.The command was
>
> vinagre sajith:0 (that was the same name shown in the remote desktop
> preferences)
>
> In the older versions there was an ADVANCED tab in remote desktop
> preferences where there is an option to make the connectivity local or
> not.But in Jaunty and Karmic it is not there....I tried installing
> gconf-editor.But in vain. So please tell me if there is any way to make my
> system reachable over the internet.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sajith
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Ranjan Das <thejranjan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Sajith Kumar <sajithkumar88@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've been trying to connect to a remote desktop(has ubunutu 8.10).My
>>> system runs on Ubuntu 9.10 and in the remote desktop preferences it is shown
>>> as follows
>>>
>>> 'Your desktop is only reachable over the local network. Others can access
>>> your computer using the address 192.168.1.66 or manojankk.local.'
>>>
>>> I am able to connect to computers under the same router under which my
>>> system is connected.
>>>
>>> Anyone please tell how can i access a system on WAN.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sajith Kumar K K
>>> B-Tech, Electronics & Instrumentation
>>>
>>
>>
>> From the information itself its clear that ur hosts are only reachable in
>> local network thats in a LAN. For remote desktop u should have a public IP
>> the IP shown there is of private range and therefore u cannot connect using
>> the normal Remote Desktop Service
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Sajith Kumar K K
> B-Tech, Electronics & Instrumentation
>
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Sajith Kumar K K
B-Tech, Electronics & Instrumentation
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