Re: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN
Anti-virus software: mcafee, norton, kaspersky, others will block silently until told other wise Ken Burkhalter wrote: Thanks all for the feedback. The strange thing is that I can ping the server CPU just fine and fully access it from all other CPU's on my LAN (it is the MediaCenter computer with all our music and pictures on it). But for some reason VNC clients can not seem to get there. I did not try opening up other ports yet based on Andy's observation that the Gaming port redirection on the router is for Internet side pass thrus and not LAN side traffic, although I may try just for the heck of it and see what happens. Any further thoughts anyone has would be much appreciated. I have worked on this for days and have become rather stumped (which seldom happens re: computers as I am a retired IT guy). Oh well, it helps to keep one on his toes! Thanks. Ken Burkhalter 734-475-2306 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Andy and Lenore Etherington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 10:31 PM To: Bryan Weaver; Doyal McVicker; Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN I did nothing special, simply installed it from the distribution package. set it up on all my computers (one xp home sp2 with all updates, 2 win 98). I access them all from an xp professional sp2 machine. I have had winVNC, real VNC, ultra VNC, and tight VNC servers on my systems, without any issues with connection. I've settled on tight VNC 1.3dev7 as the server, and 1.2.9 for the viewer (for various reasons I can't use the newer viewer). wish I had some magic words for you Andy Etherington -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bryan Weaver Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 8:18 PM To: Andy and Lenore Etherington; Doyal McVicker; Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN I am having the same problem. My setup is as both you, Doyal Ken describe. I am reluctant to open the ports for the same reasons you mention. I take it that you solved the issue without opening ports on your router. Can you post how you did that? BTW, VNC worked perfectly prior to the installation of some of the Microsoft automatic updates. (I have Windows XP Home with SP2 installed. All updates have been applied.) Bryan Weaver -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy and Lenore Etherington Sent: October 21, 2006 16:55 PM To: Doyal McVicker; Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN your setup almost exactly mirrors mine (wrt 54g backbone, 2 computers wireless, one wired), but I don't have any ports open on the router. those settings are for the internet-facing side of the router, and don't affect the internal LAN operation. further, by opening the ports on the router, you're probably exposing your VNC server to the internet, something you probably don't want to do. my setup works fine without open ports, I'd look somewhere else for the answer. Andy Etherington -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Doyal McVicker Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 2:48 PM To: Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN Dear Mr. Burkhalter, I had a similar problem. I found that I had to open the ports in the Linksys router to allow the wireless connections to work. I used the Applications Gamming settings to allow the ports to pass through. I opened port ranges 5900-5903, 5800-5803 and 5500 to 5503. My system now allows connections on the wireless to wired network to work. I also open the firewall to allow all ports connected to VNC to pass. I have yet to encounter any problems with the system. Sincerely, Doyal McVicker - Original Message - From: Ken Burkhalter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 9:08 AM Subject: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN I have installed VNC Server on a computer on my wireless LAN. It is at 192.168.1.100. I can ping that machine just fine from other computers on my LAN but can not access the VNC server from any of the other computers located at 192.168.1.102, and 192.168.1.103. All computers are running Windows XP-Home Edition and all are fully up to date with Service Packs. I always get a Timeout Error I have turned the (Standard XP) Firewall Off on the Server computer, but it did not help. The Network topology is: Internet | LinkSys WRT54GX2 Wireless RouterCPU1 CPU2 | VNC Server CPU Where the | connections are hard wired and the are wireless connections. I am attempting to reach the VNC Server from CPU1. I have also set up
RE: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN
Thanks all for the feedback. The strange thing is that I can ping the server CPU just fine and fully access it from all other CPU's on my LAN (it is the MediaCenter computer with all our music and pictures on it). But for some reason VNC clients can not seem to get there. I did not try opening up other ports yet based on Andy's observation that the Gaming port redirection on the router is for Internet side pass thrus and not LAN side traffic, although I may try just for the heck of it and see what happens. Any further thoughts anyone has would be much appreciated. I have worked on this for days and have become rather stumped (which seldom happens re: computers as I am a retired IT guy). Oh well, it helps to keep one on his toes! Thanks. Ken Burkhalter 734-475-2306 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Andy and Lenore Etherington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 10:31 PM To: Bryan Weaver; Doyal McVicker; Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN I did nothing special, simply installed it from the distribution package. set it up on all my computers (one xp home sp2 with all updates, 2 win 98). I access them all from an xp professional sp2 machine. I have had winVNC, real VNC, ultra VNC, and tight VNC servers on my systems, without any issues with connection. I've settled on tight VNC 1.3dev7 as the server, and 1.2.9 for the viewer (for various reasons I can't use the newer viewer). wish I had some magic words for you Andy Etherington -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bryan Weaver Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 8:18 PM To: Andy and Lenore Etherington; Doyal McVicker; Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN I am having the same problem. My setup is as both you, Doyal Ken describe. I am reluctant to open the ports for the same reasons you mention. I take it that you solved the issue without opening ports on your router. Can you post how you did that? BTW, VNC worked perfectly prior to the installation of some of the Microsoft automatic updates. (I have Windows XP Home with SP2 installed. All updates have been applied.) Bryan Weaver -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy and Lenore Etherington Sent: October 21, 2006 16:55 PM To: Doyal McVicker; Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN your setup almost exactly mirrors mine (wrt 54g backbone, 2 computers wireless, one wired), but I don't have any ports open on the router. those settings are for the internet-facing side of the router, and don't affect the internal LAN operation. further, by opening the ports on the router, you're probably exposing your VNC server to the internet, something you probably don't want to do. my setup works fine without open ports, I'd look somewhere else for the answer. Andy Etherington -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Doyal McVicker Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 2:48 PM To: Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN Dear Mr. Burkhalter, I had a similar problem. I found that I had to open the ports in the Linksys router to allow the wireless connections to work. I used the Applications Gamming settings to allow the ports to pass through. I opened port ranges 5900-5903, 5800-5803 and 5500 to 5503. My system now allows connections on the wireless to wired network to work. I also open the firewall to allow all ports connected to VNC to pass. I have yet to encounter any problems with the system. Sincerely, Doyal McVicker - Original Message - From: Ken Burkhalter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 9:08 AM Subject: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN I have installed VNC Server on a computer on my wireless LAN. It is at 192.168.1.100. I can ping that machine just fine from other computers on my LAN but can not access the VNC server from any of the other computers located at 192.168.1.102, and 192.168.1.103. All computers are running Windows XP-Home Edition and all are fully up to date with Service Packs. I always get a Timeout Error I have turned the (Standard XP) Firewall Off on the Server computer, but it did not help. The Network topology is: Internet | LinkSys WRT54GX2 Wireless RouterCPU1 CPU2 | VNC Server CPU Where the | connections are hard wired and the are wireless connections. I am attempting to reach the VNC Server from CPU1. I have also set up the router to forward
Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN
I have installed VNC Server on a computer on my wireless LAN. It is at 192.168.1.100. I can ping that machine just fine from other computers on my LAN but can not access the VNC server from any of the other computers located at 192.168.1.102, and 192.168.1.103. All computers are running Windows XP-Home Edition and all are fully up to date with Service Packs. I always get a Timeout Error I have turned the (Standard XP) Firewall Off on the Server computer, but it did not help. The Network topology is: Internet | LinkSys WRT54GX2 Wireless RouterCPU1 CPU2 | VNC Server CPU Where the | connections are hard wired and the are wireless connections. I am attempting to reach the VNC Server from CPU1. I have also set up the router to forward any requests for port 5900 to the VNC computer. Have read all posts I can find but unable to locate any that address this issue. Any ideas that might help me? Thanks. [:-) Ken Burkhalter 734-604-3585 [cell] 734-475-2306 [home] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image006.jpg] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image005.jpg] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image004.jpg] ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN
Dear Mr. Burkhalter, I had a similar problem. I found that I had to open the ports in the Linksys router to allow the wireless connections to work. I used the Applications Gamming settings to allow the ports to pass through. I opened port ranges 5900-5903, 5800-5803 and 5500 to 5503. My system now allows connections on the wireless to wired network to work. I also open the firewall to allow all ports connected to VNC to pass. I have yet to encounter any problems with the system. Sincerely, Doyal McVicker - Original Message - From: Ken Burkhalter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 9:08 AM Subject: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN I have installed VNC Server on a computer on my wireless LAN. It is at 192.168.1.100. I can ping that machine just fine from other computers on my LAN but can not access the VNC server from any of the other computers located at 192.168.1.102, and 192.168.1.103. All computers are running Windows XP-Home Edition and all are fully up to date with Service Packs. I always get a Timeout Error I have turned the (Standard XP) Firewall Off on the Server computer, but it did not help. The Network topology is: Internet | LinkSys WRT54GX2 Wireless RouterCPU1 CPU2 | VNC Server CPU Where the | connections are hard wired and the are wireless connections. I am attempting to reach the VNC Server from CPU1. I have also set up the router to forward any requests for port 5900 to the VNC computer. Have read all posts I can find but unable to locate any that address this issue. Any ideas that might help me? Thanks. [:-) Ken Burkhalter 734-604-3585 [cell] 734-475-2306 [home] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image006.jpg] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image005.jpg] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image004.jpg] ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN
your setup almost exactly mirrors mine (wrt 54g backbone, 2 computers wireless, one wired), but I don't have any ports open on the router. those settings are for the internet-facing side of the router, and don't affect the internal LAN operation. further, by opening the ports on the router, you're probably exposing your VNC server to the internet, something you probably don't want to do. my setup works fine without open ports, I'd look somewhere else for the answer. Andy Etherington -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Doyal McVicker Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 2:48 PM To: Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN Dear Mr. Burkhalter, I had a similar problem. I found that I had to open the ports in the Linksys router to allow the wireless connections to work. I used the Applications Gamming settings to allow the ports to pass through. I opened port ranges 5900-5903, 5800-5803 and 5500 to 5503. My system now allows connections on the wireless to wired network to work. I also open the firewall to allow all ports connected to VNC to pass. I have yet to encounter any problems with the system. Sincerely, Doyal McVicker - Original Message - From: Ken Burkhalter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 9:08 AM Subject: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN I have installed VNC Server on a computer on my wireless LAN. It is at 192.168.1.100. I can ping that machine just fine from other computers on my LAN but can not access the VNC server from any of the other computers located at 192.168.1.102, and 192.168.1.103. All computers are running Windows XP-Home Edition and all are fully up to date with Service Packs. I always get a Timeout Error I have turned the (Standard XP) Firewall Off on the Server computer, but it did not help. The Network topology is: Internet | LinkSys WRT54GX2 Wireless RouterCPU1 CPU2 | VNC Server CPU Where the | connections are hard wired and the are wireless connections. I am attempting to reach the VNC Server from CPU1. I have also set up the router to forward any requests for port 5900 to the VNC computer. Have read all posts I can find but unable to locate any that address this issue. Any ideas that might help me? Thanks. [:-) Ken Burkhalter 734-604-3585 [cell] 734-475-2306 [home] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image006.jpg] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image005.jpg] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image004.jpg] ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN
I am having the same problem. My setup is as both you, Doyal Ken describe. I am reluctant to open the ports for the same reasons you mention. I take it that you solved the issue without opening ports on your router. Can you post how you did that? BTW, VNC worked perfectly prior to the installation of some of the Microsoft automatic updates. (I have Windows XP Home with SP2 installed. All updates have been applied.) Bryan Weaver -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy and Lenore Etherington Sent: October 21, 2006 16:55 PM To: Doyal McVicker; Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN your setup almost exactly mirrors mine (wrt 54g backbone, 2 computers wireless, one wired), but I don't have any ports open on the router. those settings are for the internet-facing side of the router, and don't affect the internal LAN operation. further, by opening the ports on the router, you're probably exposing your VNC server to the internet, something you probably don't want to do. my setup works fine without open ports, I'd look somewhere else for the answer. Andy Etherington -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Doyal McVicker Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 2:48 PM To: Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN Dear Mr. Burkhalter, I had a similar problem. I found that I had to open the ports in the Linksys router to allow the wireless connections to work. I used the Applications Gamming settings to allow the ports to pass through. I opened port ranges 5900-5903, 5800-5803 and 5500 to 5503. My system now allows connections on the wireless to wired network to work. I also open the firewall to allow all ports connected to VNC to pass. I have yet to encounter any problems with the system. Sincerely, Doyal McVicker - Original Message - From: Ken Burkhalter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 9:08 AM Subject: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN I have installed VNC Server on a computer on my wireless LAN. It is at 192.168.1.100. I can ping that machine just fine from other computers on my LAN but can not access the VNC server from any of the other computers located at 192.168.1.102, and 192.168.1.103. All computers are running Windows XP-Home Edition and all are fully up to date with Service Packs. I always get a Timeout Error I have turned the (Standard XP) Firewall Off on the Server computer, but it did not help. The Network topology is: Internet | LinkSys WRT54GX2 Wireless RouterCPU1 CPU2 | VNC Server CPU Where the | connections are hard wired and the are wireless connections. I am attempting to reach the VNC Server from CPU1. I have also set up the router to forward any requests for port 5900 to the VNC computer. Have read all posts I can find but unable to locate any that address this issue. Any ideas that might help me? Thanks. [:-) Ken Burkhalter 734-604-3585 [cell] 734-475-2306 [home] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image006.jpg] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image005.jpg] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image004.jpg] ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN
I did nothing special, simply installed it from the distribution package. set it up on all my computers (one xp home sp2 with all updates, 2 win 98). I access them all from an xp professional sp2 machine. I have had winVNC, real VNC, ultra VNC, and tight VNC servers on my systems, without any issues with connection. I've settled on tight VNC 1.3dev7 as the server, and 1.2.9 for the viewer (for various reasons I can't use the newer viewer). wish I had some magic words for you Andy Etherington -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bryan Weaver Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 8:18 PM To: Andy and Lenore Etherington; Doyal McVicker; Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN I am having the same problem. My setup is as both you, Doyal Ken describe. I am reluctant to open the ports for the same reasons you mention. I take it that you solved the issue without opening ports on your router. Can you post how you did that? BTW, VNC worked perfectly prior to the installation of some of the Microsoft automatic updates. (I have Windows XP Home with SP2 installed. All updates have been applied.) Bryan Weaver -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy and Lenore Etherington Sent: October 21, 2006 16:55 PM To: Doyal McVicker; Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN your setup almost exactly mirrors mine (wrt 54g backbone, 2 computers wireless, one wired), but I don't have any ports open on the router. those settings are for the internet-facing side of the router, and don't affect the internal LAN operation. further, by opening the ports on the router, you're probably exposing your VNC server to the internet, something you probably don't want to do. my setup works fine without open ports, I'd look somewhere else for the answer. Andy Etherington -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Doyal McVicker Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 2:48 PM To: Ken Burkhalter Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN Dear Mr. Burkhalter, I had a similar problem. I found that I had to open the ports in the Linksys router to allow the wireless connections to work. I used the Applications Gamming settings to allow the ports to pass through. I opened port ranges 5900-5903, 5800-5803 and 5500 to 5503. My system now allows connections on the wireless to wired network to work. I also open the firewall to allow all ports connected to VNC to pass. I have yet to encounter any problems with the system. Sincerely, Doyal McVicker - Original Message - From: Ken Burkhalter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 9:08 AM Subject: Unable to Connect to VNC server from within my LAN I have installed VNC Server on a computer on my wireless LAN. It is at 192.168.1.100. I can ping that machine just fine from other computers on my LAN but can not access the VNC server from any of the other computers located at 192.168.1.102, and 192.168.1.103. All computers are running Windows XP-Home Edition and all are fully up to date with Service Packs. I always get a Timeout Error I have turned the (Standard XP) Firewall Off on the Server computer, but it did not help. The Network topology is: Internet | LinkSys WRT54GX2 Wireless RouterCPU1 CPU2 | VNC Server CPU Where the | connections are hard wired and the are wireless connections. I am attempting to reach the VNC Server from CPU1. I have also set up the router to forward any requests for port 5900 to the VNC computer. Have read all posts I can find but unable to locate any that address this issue. Any ideas that might help me? Thanks. [:-) Ken Burkhalter 734-604-3585 [cell] 734-475-2306 [home] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image006.jpg] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image005.jpg] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image004.jpg] ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo
