# VNC issues with last Noetic + GDM3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Pi Image\ **Created:** [April 11, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/vnc-issues-with-last-noetic-gdm3/1045 "2023-04-11T16:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AlexT99](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@AlexT99](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/u/AlexT99)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/vnc-issues-with-last-noetic-gdm3/1045/1 "2023-04-11T16:24:21Z")
Goodmorning! I am using your latest version of ubiquity base with noetic and GDM3 on my raspi 3B+ with an SD of 32Gb, I need to connect to it through VNC in order to see the pi camera, but the normal installing procedure in order to install tightvncserver make the system crash, there is a better way to do this? Thank you so much! Alessandro ---
**Author:** ![MoffKalast](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/user_avatar/forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/moffkalast/32/214_2.png) [@MoffKalast](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/u/MoffKalast)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/vnc-issues-with-last-noetic-gdm3/1045/2 "2023-04-12T20:36:35Z")
Hmm, it may be a better approach to set up something like Zerotier to get network access and then running a streamer node like [web\_video\_server](http://wiki.ros.org/web_video_server). Then you should be able to see the camera stream in the browser, likely with a lot less latency too than through vnc. ---
**Author:** ![AlexT99](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@AlexT99](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/u/AlexT99)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/vnc-issues-with-last-noetic-gdm3/1045/3 "2023-04-13T13:50:54Z")
That is an interesting solution! I see the functionality of web\_video\_server but i don’t understand for what Zerotier should be used for. Is it a way to connect to the camera streaming even if I am not in the same local net? ---
**Author:** ![MoffKalast](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/user_avatar/forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/moffkalast/32/214_2.png) [@MoffKalast](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/u/MoffKalast)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/vnc-issues-with-last-noetic-gdm3/1045/4 "2023-04-13T14:42:26Z")
> Is it a way to connect to the camera streaming even if I am not in the same local net? Yep, if you’re doing it on the same network just going with the video server should be all you need, otherwise a VPN or port forwarding would be needed. Going with a VPN is typically the safer choice. ---
**Author:** ![AlexT99](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@AlexT99](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/u/AlexT99)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/vnc-issues-with-last-noetic-gdm3/1045/5 "2023-04-14T08:16:06Z")
Great, I’m doing it in the same network for now, so I’ll just avoid it. But having no experience with VPN, in the case I would decide to try to use it in the future, there are some guidelines to follow in order to learn how to do it? ---
**Author:** ![MoffKalast](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/user_avatar/forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/moffkalast/32/214_2.png) [@MoffKalast](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/u/MoffKalast)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/vnc-issues-with-last-noetic-gdm3/1045/6 "2023-04-14T09:16:57Z")
Well I suppose what you really need isn’t a VPN in the typical commercial sense, but just a virtual network. Setting up an OpenVPN or Wireguard instance on your robot’s network should let you connect with a client from anywhere. The option I mentioned before (Zerotier) is a bit different, since it’s not a VPN per se but a P2P hole punching service that lets two clients make a direct virtual network between them. Looking up any one of these should yield substantial setup guides. ---
**Author:** ![AlexT99](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@AlexT99](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/u/AlexT99)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/vnc-issues-with-last-noetic-gdm3/1045/7 "2023-04-14T10:46:19Z")
all clear! Thank you so much 🤩