RE: VNC server stops responding after a few days

2011-11-22 Thread Philip Herlihy
vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com] On Behalf Of James Wheaton Sent: 21 November 2011 14:50 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: VNC server stops responding after a few days The uncommented line in the hosts file is simply: 127.0.0.1 localhost The default gateway i

RE: VNC server stops responding after a few days

2011-11-21 Thread Long, Phillip GOSS
esday, November 16, 2011 5:56 PM To: Long, Phillip GOSS; vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: VNC server stops responding after a few days > > Is your static IP address in the range of the router's DHCP > addresses? That won't work, because the computer, knowing > that it has a

Re: VNC server stops responding after a few days

2011-11-21 Thread James Wheaton
The uncommented line in the hosts file is simply: 127.0.0.1 localhost The default gateway is setup in the Windows IP properties (along with the other static settings) to be 192.168.0.254, which is our modem/router/DHCP server. The modem has an external static IP that we would be connecting t

Re: VNC server stops responding after a few days

2011-11-21 Thread Paul Dunn
On 16/11/2011 22:56, Christopher Woods (CustomMade) wrote: Surely if a machine has a fixed static IP, it doesn't even enter into discussion with the network's DHCP server to request a lease? Just the usual broadcast traffic... I'm not a networking or Windows expert, but this presumably depends

RE: VNC server stops responding after a few days

2011-11-18 Thread Christopher Woods (CustomMade)
> > Is your static IP address in the range of the router's DHCP > addresses? That won't work, because the computer, knowing > that it has a static IP, won't request a lease renewal, and > after some maximum amount of time, the DHCP server will try > to force one. > What will happen in this

Re: VNC server stops responding after a few days

2011-11-16 Thread James Wheaton
ject: Re: VNC server stops responding after a few days The computer will work in other ways but not with VNC. It's set as static IP, so the router should be giving the same IP after the lease times out. James Wheaton FloSource, Inc. Phone: 765.342.1360 Fax: 765.342.1361 Visit us on

RE: VNC server stops responding after a few days

2011-11-16 Thread Long, Phillip GOSS
CP addresses of your router. Thx, Phil Long -Original Message- From: vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com] On Behalf Of James Wheaton Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 12:44 PM To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: VNC ser

Re: VNC server stops responding after a few days

2011-11-15 Thread James Wheaton
The computer will work in other ways but not with VNC. It's set as static IP, so the router should be giving the same IP after the lease times out. James Wheaton FloSource, Inc. Phone: 765.342.1360 Fax: 765.342.1361 Visit us on the web: www.flosource.com On 11/14/20

Re: VNC server stops responding after a few days

2011-11-14 Thread Paul Dunn
On 14/11/2011 16:41, James Wheaton wrote: Hi everyone, We've got a problem with RealVNC server which stops working after a few days. A computer reboot is required to get it to work again. The error message upon connecting is: unable to connect to host. 2 computers do this on the regular and they