On Jun 12, 2:15 am, Bob Harris <nospam.News....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article
> <1181544346.814739.191...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "no-sp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <no-sp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Are you saying that with the above setup I can move the mouse, open/
> > close folders, start applications etc. *on my mom's Mac* all while she
> > can observe it all?
>
> Yes. I both demo stuff for my Mom, and every once in awhile, I
> connect when she is not there, and do system admin stuff.
Sounds awesome!
I've read through your message and actually wrote a long reply with
additional questions, but unfortunately something went wrong and my
posting never arrived :-(
In the meantime I've figured out a lot of things, but haven't actually
gotten to the part of trying out the connection.
> The differences between the build-in Mac OS X VNC server and Vine
> Server is that Vine Server does a better job at compressing the
> images sent over the net, and the Mac OS X VNC server will sup****t
> multiple monitors (and it is built-in).
Since I don't have more than one monitor and would rather have a
smooth and fast connection I'll go for Vine server.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume that the *server* part is my
mom's computer, and is where I have to tell her to install Vine
server, and the *client* side is me where I have to install Chicken of
the VNC?
I want to access her computer, but she has no need to control my Mac.
> If you just want to run Vine Server on demand, then you launch the
> app it up, give it a password in the "Connection" tab and press
> the Start Server button. It will run until you quit the app.
Yup, this is what i want. If she gets stuck some time she can call me
up and time permitting I can show her (literally) how to do things.
I don't need to access her Mac when she's not around.
> Then in Chicken of the VNC, you "New Connection" (cmd-N), enter
> the address of the Vine Server system, enter the password, and hit
> connect.
I'm a little confused about the passwords. *Which* password does she
and I need to enter? Do I need to enter the same password she
sometimes has to enter when installing new software etc. on her Mac?
And what about the password she has to enter into Vine server? Is that
the same Mac logon password as well, or something completely
different?
> Your Mom can use a web browser to access <http://whatismyip.com>
> in order to get her internet visible IP address.
Good one!
But I also found a very nice and free widget called IP Widget (http://
cip.physik.uni-bonn.de/~maahn/ip.html). Scroll down to the middle of
the page and it tells you how to use two of them at once.
This is useful if you want to check your local and your public IP
address. I guess both her and I need to know that.
> Routers are great, routers are good, but when it comes to
> connecting 2 systems, they present a problem. Unsolicited
> in-bound traffic is generally blocked by a home router.
>
> To get around this you have to configure the home router to pass
> ****t 5900 to your Mom's Mac.
Now here's where I'm getting stuck.
I finally found some information on how to open ****ts on the Mac (by
going to the "Firewall" in the "Sharing" pane and selecting a new
entry where I could actually choose a preset VNC setting).
But I really can't figure out how to test if that ****t is now open or
not. I've tried numerous networking tools on the Mac and this
website:
https://www.grc.com/x/****tprobe=5900
When I "probe" it I'm told that this ****t is "Stealth". I assume this
means that it's closed and undetectable from the outside.
Does this mean that the hardware router needs configuring?
I've had a look at its settings (by using a web interface), but it's
not obvious as where to go to open up a ****t.
Another thing; having gotten some information about VNC setups on the
web I believe the ****ts needed to be opened are 5900 and 5800. The Mac
"Sharing"-"Firewall" VNC setting I just made is set for ****ts
5900-5902.
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