Some of this doesn't quite make sense when added in with your prior information. Let's drop the background info for a moment and let me ask this.
Can you directly telnet to port 5900 on W from H? ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Meltzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2002-06-01 09:32 Subject: Perplexing connection issue revisited > Thanks for the welcome. I really hope I get to find a solution. I did > not rehash my original message at the bottom of this, but the > machines in question are: > > H - my home machine > B - machine on work network > W - my work machine > > I would think, if there were a pathing issue, that H would not be > able to connect to B OR W. As it stands, H can connect to B just > fine with VNC. H cannot connect to W directly, but CAN connect > to W by going through B first, i.e. connecting to the VNC server on > B, then connecting to the VNC server on W through that VNC > session. It is mighty slow, but it works. > > I can ping both B and W from H when connected through the VPN. > I have tried telnet to the relevant ports on B and W, and have never > gotten anything back from either one. I do not know if that is a red > herring or if it is important. > > Thanks for any help/advice. I am unable to dial directly into the > VPN or work network from H at this time. The DSL setup is all I > have. > > -- Jonathan > > "Alex K. Angelopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Welcome to the list, John! > > >This one is a little hard to call. I am guessing you might even > >have an issue with MTU size that erratically appears; since S2 is > >coming through another path this would explain why it can > >connect and you can't, and also explain the frenetic network > >activity. > > >If you have alternate access such as another ISP or a direct dialin > >to your work network that you can use at least once or twice, you > >can try connecting over that. The reason for this test is to see > >whether there is a path-based problem. > _______________________________________________ > 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
