You need to turn off NTLM authentication - a good thing on a Win2K telnet server too, in my opinion.
On the client you want to start telnet, then type unset ntlm that should do it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-05-30 09:21 Subject: RE: Cannot connect to the VNC server > I do beleive this has something to do with the Win2K Telnet Client. From > what > I can remember, M$ decided to put their own authentication method and set it > to the default. I can't remember what the exact command was, but i think if > you use ?, -help, or Ctrl+] you will find it. One can temporarly change the > setting back to the non-M$ way. > > Jacob Hoover > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Roland Elliott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 8:03 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cannot connect to the VNC server > > > Incidentally, if someone has an installation that fails to behave the way > described below, fear not ... in my configuration (Windows 2000 Server / > Windows 2000 Viewer) VNC works just fine but the telnet scenario described > below does nothing. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terje Trane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 7:52 AM > Subject: RE: Cannot connect to the VNC server > > > > If you telnet to 5800 you reach the webserver that waits for a request > from > > you. If you would like to test it you can type "GET / HTTP/1.0" (or just > > "GET /")and hit enter twice. You should get something like: > > > > $ telnet server.mydomain.com 5800 > > Trying 192.xxx.xxx.xxx... > > Connected to server.mydomain.com. > > Escape character is '^]'. > > GET / > > > > HTTP/1.0 200 OK > > > > <HTML><TITLE>VNC desktop</TITLE> > > <APPLET CODE=vncviewer.class ARCHIVE=vncviewer.jar WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=800> > > <param name=PORT value=5900></APPLET></HTML> > > Connection closed by foreign host. > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > Behalf Of Chris Stoermer > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 4:29 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: Cannot connect to the VNC server > > > > > > > > > The blank screen is probably a connected screen. You can't see > > > anything beciase you haven't enabled local echo. You can still > > > enter telnet commands there and get back response from the > > > server. If you hit ! enter, it should drop connection back to a prompt. > > > > > > --Chris > > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/29/02 08:36AM >>> > > > When I try 'telnet <ip address of the vncserver> 5800', I get no > > > reply back. > > > I could ping the machine, but when I try to telnet, it just goes > > > to a blank > > > screen and does nothing. There is no firewall involved. > > > > > > When I try to connect to the server through the vncviewer, it just times > > > out. There is no response at all. > > > > > > Would this information help to narrow down the problem?? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Dilash.K > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: "Beerse, Corni" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 4:21 AM > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > Subject: RE: Cannot connect to the VNC server > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dilash Krishnapillai [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > > > > > > > This is a very basic problem, but causing me real headache. I > > > > have installed > > > > the VNC server on a large number of Windows 2000 machines. > > > > Connecting from a > > > > client machine works for 95% of the servers. But I am not > > > > able to connect to > > > > a few machines. I am not sure, what did I do wrong with these > > > > few machines. > > > > Both the server and client environments are Windows 2000. I > > > > have set VNC as > > > > a service on the server machines and I could verify that the > > > > service has > > > > been started and running fine. But when I try to connect to > > > > that machine > > > > using the IP address, I get nothing back. I don't even get an > > > > error message > > > > or anything. I have uninstalled and reinstalled VNC on these troubling > > > > machines, but no luck. > > > > > > > > > > Some things to have a look: > > > Does the machine respond to it's ip address? Can you ping it? Can > > > you see a > > > share on it from an other machine? Does it repot the proper ip address > on > > > the proper port? (I have a machine with 2 ethernet addresses: one for > the > > > server room network and one for the external connection. This causes > some > > > problems if you don't configure all parts properly) Try ipconfig, > > > ifconfig, > > > winipcfg or other tool to check the actual configuration on the machine. > > > Correct this yourself. > > > > > > Is there some firewalling that can cause trouble? Fix this yourself. > > > > > > Try telnet to the vnc port: `telnet vncserver 5800`. You should get a > line > > > of text with 'rfb' in it. > > > > > > How long does it take for the vncviewer to say it has some troubles? Is > it > > > an immediate response or can it be on a time-out? Immediate responses > > > indicate a running server which does not allow you to connect. > > > > > > > > > > > > Success CBee. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > VNC-List mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
