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MOCHA VNC - outside house help!!

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mervman

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Nov 18, 2007
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Hi,

I have downloaded the new mocha VNC app (the full one) and i have managed to be able to view my desktop when im on the same network without any difficulty.
I cant manage to set up the app to be able to access my computer from outside the house using 3G. I set up an account with DYNDNS.com. However i do not really know what i am doing and do not know what the settings should be to enable this feature.
Please would someone be kind enough to give me some step by step instructions!!??
Thanks
p.s. im using leopard!
 
do you have a router or are you behind any kind of firewall? if so, you need to forward the vnc server port to the computer's internal network ip. The Mocha VNC client never allowed me to use the iPhone app on edge but I haven't tried it on 3G, it wouldn't work outside of a wireless network. Let me know what kind of network setup you have at home and I will try and help you with some steps.
 
juice831 said:
do you have a router or are you behind any kind of firewall? if so, you need to forward the vnc server port to the computer's internal network ip. The Mocha VNC client never allowed me to use the iPhone app on edge but I haven't tried it on 3G, it wouldn't work outside of a wireless network. Let me know what kind of network setup you have at home and I will try and help you with some steps.
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Do a search on here for Step by Step instructions. You DO need to get through your Routers Firewall. You need to port the router to pass through Port 1080.
 
Scooterman1 said:
Do a search on here for Step by Step instructions. You DO need to get through your Routers Firewall. You need to port the router to pass through Port 1080.
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I'm not sure if you were trying to tell me how it may be done or just reinforcing what I said? I don't mean this in a bad way
 
is this possible to use using 3G instead of wifi? I was under the impression that it was a wifi only deal
 
hi thanks for your help guys - what details do you want of my router and network?
 
since you already have it working on the network, I assume you have remote management enabled on leopard. Next you will need your computer's network ip and you can find this by going to system preferences>sharing or system preferences>network. Once you have that, go to your router's setup page and find the port forwarding page. Here you will fill out the port you want to forward (5900 is default for Mocha VNC) and your computer's network ip. That's all you need on the server side.

The DynDNS service automatically updates your external ip whenever it changes, if it's dynamic of course. Your router must either have a DynDNS feature or you need to run a DynDNS updater client on your network for it to work. Once that's all done, you can configure your iPhone app with your DynDNS address and connect from outside of your network. (I don't think Mocha VNC works with EDGE or 3G so you would have to be in a different wireless network)

hope that helps!
 
I need some help as well,i have a dyndns account,a Trust ADSL2+ modem/router connected to an airport extreme and then to my Mac,the trust supports ddns, I typed in that section my account info and also forwarded both TCP/UDP 5900 ports in the airport utility and using the modem's IP to the IP I got in my network's preferences as mentioned above by someone,and in this case it's the IP given by my airport,10.0.1.200,I tried with other IPs as well,even with the one that corresponds to the dydns host and the IP given by the first router..
iPhone 3g connected via wifi to the same network as the Mac- I can see it if I type in the network's IP,10.0.1.200 but of course not if I am connected through someone else's wifi
iPhone same network as the Mac- I can't connect mocha lite to the IP given to my by dydns
and if I go to that IP through my Mac or iPhone's safari i have to enter my trust's password and see it's settings page,that's it..
what am I doing wrong?
 
I understood most of your post but had some trouble understanding a minor portion. Does your ADSL modem/router combo have it's own firewall? Also, I assume the AEBS is acting as the main router so did you disable the router feature on your ADSL modem/router? The modem should be acting as simply a modem so you wouldn't be using the DynDNS service there, you would be using it on the AEBS and the AEBS doesn't have a DynDNS feature.
 
Working Setup

I use Mocha VNC with my iMac and it works over my network, on other networks, and 3G. Here is my setup:

MochaVNC
VNC Server IP Address: This is my router's WAN IP Address
VNC Server Port: 5900
Password: same as defined below
Name: name your connection (i.e. iMac Away)
Mac OS X Server: Off
Mac OS X Keyboard: US
Save Password(s): On
32-bit Color Mode: On
Mouse with offset: On
Show Warnings: Off
Vibrate: On
View Only: Off
Motions: Off
Wireless Keyboard: Off
Toggle blue buttons: On
Close session on exit: Off

Mac Settings:
Open System Preferences
Under "Internet & Network" select "Sharing"
Enable Screen Sharing (In Tiger it's called Apple Remote Desktop) & Allow access to All Users
Click on the Computer Settings button
In the popup window Check "VNC viewers may control screen with password:" and type in a password
Click on Ok
(credit for mac setup instructions goes to mochasoft.dk)

Router Settings
Log into your router (usually by typing your router's address in your web browser; i.e. 192.168.0.1)
Find the page that controls port forwarding (either for all computers or for just the computer you want to connect to)
Add a port forwarding rule for TCP and UDP and specify the port start, port end, and port map as 5900
(since each router is unique, you'll need to reference your router's user manual on instructions for adding port forwarding rules)

That's it! You are all set to access your computer wherever you are.
 
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