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TreoTekniques: PalmVNCing Around
Thu Aug 24, 2006 - 12:43 PM EDT - By Xious Sonenberg
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When All Else Fails, Improvise Surely you've been in a situation where Blazer just doesn't cut it and there's a website or Internet function that you just can't do when you need to, or, maybe you need to open and view a Photoshop file on the go?
PalmVNC may be exactly the solution you need.
Virtual Network Computing is a client/server pair of programs that you set up on two machines, one as a host (server) and the other as a client. In the case of PalmVNC, your home computer (desktop or laptop) is the host, and your Treo 700p is the client.
Not Just Meat and Potatoes
port forwarding settings, (assuming your machine is sitting behind one) and if applicable your firewall permissions.
Not Just Any Port in a Storm
here .
stop at the router.
Port Forwarding settings. Different routers keep these in different places, so it's best to whip out the manual that came with your little blue box and find out where they are. I hope that you didn't chuck the router's manual it in the trash when you got it, figuring you'll never need it again. If so, hop on over to the web site for the manufacturer of your router, find your model, and see if they have an online version. Most should, and if you find yours, download it and save it somewhere.
ranges . For this exercise, you'll want to turn one of those ports on, and type 5800 to 6000 in the ranges. This opens up all of the ports in this range, which is good because VNC uses one port for each connection, and you can (if you wish) make multiple connections at once from different sources. (For example, your 700p and your laptop.)
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