>>>>Have him reverse-connect to you.
>>>>Use VNC's listening client.
>>>
>>>>The only IP that needs to be public is yours.
>>>
>>>I too use DSL Broadband & can't seem to find my own IP address.
>>
>>At either end, to get your IP go to
http://www.whatismyip.com>
>
>Or use ipconfig
If he's behind a separate firewall (and anyone on broadband should be) that won't help.
>or
>go to your router admin settings and look at the dhcp settings.
He definitely should know how to do this so he can set up port forwarding as required.
However, if that's already been done and he's just dealing with the issue of his dynamic IP address changing, whatismyip is about as easy as it gets.
Regards. Al
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