If your intentions are purely to get around NAT for VNC, listen mode
in VNC might be what you're looking for.  Have the remote launch the
VNC server, then right-click the server in the system tray, choose
"ADD new client" and have them type your IP (if you're behind a NAT
would require port-forwarding and the like) then just run the Listen
mode viewer on your end.

This would keep you from having to set up port forwarding and static
IP's for everyone who's working remotely; you'd only have to set it up
for yourself to ensure a VNC route to your listening viewer.  If your
needs expand beyond VNC or you need the encryption, setting up a VPN
is the way to go.  I use OpenVPN for that purpose which requires at
least Win2000, but has been an excellent performer.  I run the server
on an old PII-350 w/ 128MB RAM, have as many as 10 concurrent users
and it's rock solid.


On 4/29/05, Raymond Norton <admin at lctn.org> wrote:
> > What are you looking for?
> 
> to be specific; I am looking for a way to connect my customers to my local
> network, so I can access their PC via vnc to help trouble shoot problems
> with their PC. It would need to be a roadwarrior type of set up, since
> most customers are using NAT from their ISP. I suppose the closest example
> would be how gotomypc works.
> 
> Raymond
> 
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