lenny wrote:
> I know this is the wrong newsgroup but it is the best one around
> and I am sure someone will be able to help me with this one from
> here. So I appologise in advance.
> I want to access a customers computer from my office but his
> netgear router is just set to defaults so I don't think port 5800
> is open to allow VNC.
> How should I access his router to allow this or is there a free
> alternative to remotly access his PC?

Look into:
- UltraVNC Single Click
- TeamViewer

Both have 'clients' you can have them download and run on their computer
that will give you access to their machine despite NAT routers/etc. Once
you are behind the NAT router setup, you can pretend you are sitting there
and configure everything you need.

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