And of course an obvious question: is there any port filter on the cisco router? Or in other words, is at least the port 5900 is allowed?
> -----Message d'origine----- > De : Tim Meador [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoyi : vendredi 23 janvier 2004 14:11 > @ : James Weatherall > Cc : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : Re: Server uses wrong (internal LAN) IP > > * James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-23 06:03]: > > By default, VNC 3.3.3 doesn't bind to a particular IP address, even > > though it only shows one of the machine's addresses in the try icon. > > > > Have you actually tried just connecting using the public address? > > Sure, no go. Running it from a terminal window: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tim]$ vncviewer > VNC viewer version 3.3.7 - built Feb 28 2003 18:58:10 > > That pops up a little 'serverDial' window to enter an IP such > as 66.140.87.26. So I do, hit enter and nothing happens. > Note that the entry box now appears to empty, but if I scroll > back in it, the IP # I entered is actually still there. Now > if I add a display number, as 66.140.87.26:0 (which the docs > say is not necessary when connecting to a Win host), then in > the terminal I get the result: > > vncviewer: ConnectToTcpAddr: connect: Connection refused > > If I use the name of the host, for example 'snoopy' in place > of an IP #, it returns: > > Couldn't convert 'snoopy' to host address Unable to connect > to VNC server > > I use the IP for pcAnywhere and of course can ping it no problem. > Everything seems fine, it just doesn't work. I figured it > must've had to do with VNC host displaying 10.1.1.11, which > obviously would not work. Guess that's not it. > > Thanks for the reply. Next step? > > -- > Registered Linux user #266531 > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
