Hey all, I just contributed to the RealVNC team by purchasing a T-shirt, so I hope somebody can give me a hand with this issue.
I run a Linux box at home with vncserver running on it, set for desktop :1. It works beautifully. I can connect to the server using either the Windows or Unix VNC clients from anywhere on the Internet. I can even point my web browser to the server and it will load up the vncviewer applet. This all works great even though my home server is behind a firewall. (I first had to open ports 5801 and 5901, of course.) Unfortunately, when I'm at work, I can't use the VNC client on my Windows workstation. This is because our corporate network uses a proxy server that only allows incoming and outgoing connections on standard ports (such as port 80 for web browsing). My network admin won't open any other ports because I don't use VNC for work-related stuff, just personal projects when I'm on break. I've been told that the VNC server can send and receive its RFB packets through port 80, which presumably would allow the VNC client to go through the proxy. (http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2003-February/037556.html) I'm not running a web server on my Linux box at home, so there shouldn't be any problem having the server listen to port 80. In the morning, I start up the VNC server like this: vncserver -rfbport 80 No error messages are reported, so when I get to work, I run vncviewer.exe on my Windows machine. Unfortunately, no matter what port setting I provide, I always get the error "Failed to connect to server" after a few moments. I've tried all the suggestions for port values given in the FAQ (http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/faq.html#q54) and mailing list archives (http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2001-August/024415.html), but nothing seems to work. I've also tried telnetting to my home server using each of these ports, but I never get a response. Interestingly, if I point my web browser to my home server (without any port setting specified), I get back a web page containing this text: RFB 003.003 So I know my server is running and listening. I just don't know how to get the Windows VNC client to work right. I can install any additional software on my server if necessary, and I'd have no problem connecting to my home server using a Java applet and my web browser, if there's some way to get that working instead. I could even hack around with the source code for the server and client if I knew what patches were necessary. Thanks for any advice! Trevor Harmon _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
