Quote Originally Posted by blink
when using tightvnc or ultravnc or pcanywhere do both the host and client have to have the same connection?can it be say dsl to cable modem?


thanks
It maters not, this is beauty of the internet(IP based networks) is how it handles information, you could use dial up if you wanted.

the why:

The internet(IP based networks) works on a layerd approach where one function does something and pass' its out put allong in the format the next layer is expecting. OSI network model (appon which TCP/IP is based) is: Application->Presentation->Session->Transport->Network->Data Access->Physical

DSL and Cable Deal with only the phyical method of moving the data (at some point it probaly goes over Fiber optic in the middle as well). Your network cards handle the data access -> Physical component, and some of the network component.