Remote connectivity (mom's mac)

As always, apologies for asking something that's likely been asked a thousand times, but I didn't find a succinct answer.
I run 10.4. my mom's Mini is on 10.3 and is located far away. After three years of emailing and talking her through all kinds of basic computer type crap (why did that icony thing go poof?) I'd like to just take remote control of her computer via broadband connections. Open source solutions like Chicken of VNC and the gawd-awful complex video "How to use your Mac Anywhere" is not the answer.
Is there an easy to set up and use remote access app in 10.3/4 (I'll even update both of our macs to 10.5 if necessary) that enables me to gain complete control of her mac? Can I set this up remotely with only the assistance of a typical 80 year old parent helping at the other end? It's gotta be Simple.
Many thanks

I dont think 10.3 or 10.4 have built-in screen sharing, so you'd have to install apple remote desktop (though I think this only runs on 10.4) on the machines to get it to work. Other than that you'd have to install an open source VNC server and then use Chicken or some other VNC client to view her computer. Other than installing those components you'd have to set up port forwarding on her router (or if she gets a direct connection to the internet you'll need her IP address) and then you should be good to go. The port forwarding part would be the tricky part, since you'd have to talk her through getting the VNC ports open and directed to her computer. Perhaps you could instruct her to make her computer a DMZ host in the router, so you wouldnt have to worry about specific ports...there are all kinds of ways of getting her equipment set up, but first of all you'd need to get a VNC server running on her computer.

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not necessarily, every "computing" device (imac, TC, AEBS, pc) has its own separate set of ports. There is a way to achieve what your trying to do as I'm trying to accomplish the same thing, i have not fully gotten it working yet as i'm restricted to my network so any changes i do, i cant test till i go back to work and use their pc. So let me figure out my way and if i get it working ill tell you how i did it (looking for an alternative to mobile me). But back to your question. I'm going to explain the config settings in airport NAT forwarding. Just remember you imac has to have a static IP.
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I have attempted to use both RealVNC Viewer and TightVNC. I have set up "Screen sharing" within Leopard and ensured that in the "Security" settings in System Preferences that "allow all incoming connections" is checked. I have also ensured that port 5900 (the default port for vnc) is routing to my mac through my router.
I can initiate a connection to my mac but the second the connection starts to open, it resets. I am not sure what what I'm doing wrong and am open to suggestions.

You could just as easily get by with "set access for specific services and applications" on the remote server machine, as an FYI.
Are you attempting to VNC across the internet at large, or are you on the same local subnet? If you are trying to do this across the internet at large, you need to do some configuration to the router on the server end (which I am assuming is a home-based machine), as you have done.
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The key will be how work interfaces to the internet.
If you have a corporate firewall, and no control over that firewall, then it gets complicated.
If you have a small office and router similar to a home router, then you can configure that router to allow specific ports from the internet to be be routed to specific Macs at work.
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Interent port 23022 to Mac 3's port 22
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