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29-Aug-2007, 07:37 PM #1
Remote Access to Ubuntu from Windows via VNC
Alright. I was reading just now about how to connect to my Ubuntu machine at home from the XP computers here at school through a VNC client. My only question is what do I need to do if my home machine is behind a router. Do I simply need to open ports in order to establish an SSH connection? If so, which ones?
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29-Aug-2007, 10:11 PM #2
You would need to forward the VNC port if you want to use VNC. Which I believe by default is 5900.
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05-Sep-2007, 03:33 PM #3
Ok. I successfully opened up an SSH connection to my remote machine. But when I try to use RealVNC or TightVNC on the local computer (trying to connect to my IP address), it tells me that there was an Authentication Failure. If I try to do the same but put 127.0.0.1 in the connect to field, it tells me Unable to connect to host: connection refused.

Any ideas?

Could this be something that school's network is restricting traffic through?
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Is it your intent to Tunnel VNC thru SSH?
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06-Sep-2007, 02:18 PM #5
Yeah, that's exactly what I'm trying to do.
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06-Sep-2007, 02:28 PM #6
Two docs you should checkout (if you haven't already):
Secure VNC using SSH, and
Unofficial Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Starter Guide.

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