You have a network configuration issue that has nothing to do with VNC. Once you fix it, VNC should work. I suggest trying a Mandrake forum to get your network straightened out.
If you want you can e-mail me privately and I can try to help. -- William Hooper 98% of all statistics is useless ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 7:28 PM Subject: Windows98/Linux on a Crossover Cable > On October 8, 2002 09:17 am, you wrote: > > I have a server running on a Windows 98 machine and viewer running on a > Mandrake 8.2 Linux machine and the two units are joined by a bidirectional > cable. These are the only two machines on this little network. The server is > showing in the tray of the W98 unit and gives the IP as: 169.254.73.250. When > I ping it from the viewer end (Linux) I get the following. > > #ping 169.254.73.250 (169.254.73.250) from 64.26.139.96 : 56 (84) bytes of > data from 206.191.7.113 host unreachable > > When I run the #vncviewer 169.254.73.250 it tells me that it can't reach the > network. > > Following is the ifconfig of my NIC. > > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:D0:B7:4F:38:86 > inet addr:192.168.0.5 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:49 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 > RX bytes:11111 (10.8 Kb) TX bytes:6822 (6.6 Kb) > Interrupt:10 Base address:0xb800 > > Above is the "ifconfig" result and what confuses me is where the two IP's > came from: "from 64.26.139.96" and "from 206.191.7.113" in the above ping > result. > > What am I missing? Any help appreciated. > > All the best, > > Bill. > -- > William Bradley > http://www.leaflets.on.ca > -- > William Bradley > http://www.leaflets.on.ca > _______________________________________________ > 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
