VNC Viewer – Remote control your Pc on the N900
This fine small application allows you to take control over your pc in your network, from everywhere you want. Vnc viewers are generally used to support customers desktop computers, servers, workingstations, etc. for example in large companies, so the technician won’t have to be locally at the device itself. He is able to solve problems directly from his workstation, what is an efficient way to save costs (by the way).
Before you can start, you have to install a VNC server on your desktop computer, such as UltraVNC or TightVNC (Mac OSX has already vnc onboard, socalled “screen-sharing”, and also linux has comparable software installed) which are free, but also enough commercial versions are available. I’m not going into specifics of setting up a VNC server, you will find the instructions of each programm on their websites. I used the UltraVNC alternative, which is working very well. It is really easy to install, and guides you to the process.
Once you’ve setup your VNC server, install the VNC viewer from the appmanager to your N900. By starting the program, it will ask for a VNC server IP adress. If you are in your home network with WLAN connection, just type in the IP address of your computer you want to control and tap OK. This will help you find your home network IP address.
Next is the password, you’ve given to your server at the setup. That’s it. You will now see your desktop on the screen of your N900. Amazing!
My Linux desktop
My Windows desktop
Of course you are able to use the VNC viewer from outside your very own network via 3G or another WLAN network somewhere. You will find detailed instructions in the maemo.org’s talk section. In case you do not have a static IP address, just register yours free on DynDNS and create your own domain name. This allows you to connect your home network, even if your IP is constantly changing. Detect your IP address here.
Fact is, VNC viewer is a very useful app for those who need this for work, and for us (others) it is nice to play arround on our homescreens.
- sam -
Hey!
I donT get it startet! i setup a server and can see an IP showed by the server, which differs from the one that my ip says, but i checked both on my N900…it doesnt connect! also i have to setup a password in ULTRAVNC but on my N900 there isnt a login for that?!
Please make a short tutorial for it! Its such a cool application…
If you are in a home network you will probably have two IP addresses. One is the network address of your own network, like 168.192.1.X, or something starting with 10.X.X.X, and then there is the IP address you get from your provider which you get from sites like: http://www.whatsmyip.org/. Use the networkaddress of your own network to connect from inside. The password will be required after the login to the server.
Hey it works sam…
but, can i use it beyond my wlan?….cuz, the ip address which we give is our local lan address and not the main router ip which is used for connections from beyond the local…
Hi, VNCviewer can also be used from “outside” your network. Please have a look at this detailed instructions: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=43850&highlight=vnc+viewer. Thank you,
i have set up the server but when i try to view on the N900 it comes up on the laptop as it wants to establish a connection so i accept but then on the N900 it says can not connect to server
Remember to put the port in the IP. Tipically, the port is 5900 and beyond (5901, 5902, …). You can see which port is the VNC server using in their log (/var/log…).
So you have to put:
IP:Port
Example:
192.168.1.35:5901
Hi there i brought the nokia n900 and got vnc in it but when i am trying to connect with my laptop it showing me the error on n900 “COULD NOT CONNECT TO SERVER ”
PLZ HELP ME OUT how to resolve this issue do i need setting in my laptop or what
I have a problem where text input is all in CAPS when using the hw keyboard on the n900.
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