Jacob hoover wrote: > > Morry, > you may want to try setting up port forewarding for telnet to verify that > you can actually connect, but if your company is anything like mine they > will probably have that blocked as well. You should try from work in IE > http://<YOURPUBLICIP>:5800 and 5801 to see if the server is running. You > should see the "RBF..." message. The next step would be to find another > machine on the "outside" that you could use to attempt to connect to your > home pc. That way, you could determine if it's you company's firewall. > Another thing you could try from home is the IE http://<YOURPUBLICIP>:5800 > and 5801 , I can't rember off hand but I'm pretty shure this will be allowed > by your router. This will help you determine if your home router is > configured properly. I know I used this to test a FTP server and my netgear > router had no problems with it. > > Jake Hoover > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Morrison Davis > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 2:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: vncviewer from behind firewall to behind firewall > > Jacob, > Thanks for your help, still no luck. I do have a d-link router between > cable > modem and PC and I have configured it to forward port 5900 to the ip address > of > the linux box running vncserver . I also forward 5901 > to the same box. But this is what I get when trying to run vncviewer from > work. > > vncviewer: ConnectToTcpAddr: connect: Connection refused > Unable to connect to VNC server > Any other ideas, could it be becaucse the vncserver is being run by root on > the > linux machine? > > Jacob hoover wrote: > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > >Behalf Of Morrison Davis > > >Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 2:13 PM > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: vncviewer from behind firewall to behind firewall > > > > You will have to configure the router to foreword the given port to an > > internal IP address. If you can't configure the router, then you may be > > SOL, unless the router is automatically forwarding the port to a DMZ. > > > > >So to recap I should be able to type vncviewer <ip address of my cable > > >modem>:1 > > > > Yes > > > > >it should look at my router and see what computer has port 5901 open and > > look > > >for vncserver there? > > > > No, it won't auto discover this. You have to tell it which internal IP > > address to go to. > > > > Do you have a router between your cable modem and your pc? > > > > Jacob Hoover > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > > "Beerse, Corni" wrote: > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Morrison Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > How do I start a vncviewer from behind a firewall at work to > > > > my vncserver which is behind firewall on my local lan at home? What > > ports > > > do I need open? > > > > > > Only port (5900 + display number) is required. This is what the > vncviewer > > > app needs. You can change it, read documentation for details. > > > > > > Firewalls are for security, don't try the webbased viewer as it needs > more > > > security removed. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Thanks Morry > > > > e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > phone: X84792/650 786-4792 fax 650 562-2143 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > -- > > Thanks Morry > > e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > phone: X84792/650 786-4792 fax 650 562-2143 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 I got the VNC Authentication password prompt but then I get java.net.ConnectException: Connection Refused.
Does this mean company firewall problem? > > -- > Thanks Morry > e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: X84792/650 786-4792 fax 650 562-2143 > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Thanks Morry e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: X84792/650 786-4792 fax 650 562-2143 _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
