Karl said: > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 14/08/2003 at 11:27 a.m. William Hooper wrote: > > >>There is a nice search feature. > > Yeah, tried it, but WAY too much data came back for me to wade through. > > After all, "Unable to connect to server" is such a common response, and > thus a very common info request. > > Maybe error-codes should be built into VNC perhaps, to try and narrow > down the cause? Is that feasible?
The server does have a debug mode. Unfortunately "Unable to connect to server" is generally a networking problem, not a VNC one. [snip] >>Second, what kind of Internet connection (DSL, Cable, T1, etc.). Could >>your ISP have started blocking ports on you? > > Doubt the ISP would try it, since it is our primary national > telecommunication company. I wouldn't be too sure. A number of ISPs started blocking port 5900 after a MS Windows trojan used the VNC code. > We are on a split-line ADSL connection - standard phone line that has > been freq split - low freqs for phone/fax/EFTPOS, higher bands for ADSL > only. > > As I said, it started off working fine, then suddenly locked out. > > Following the suggestion from another VNC user, I used NETSTAT -A from > command prompt and can confirm server is listening on ports 5800 and > 5900. That doesn't mean VNC is accepting connections from anywhere in particular, though. Have you checked the AuthHosts registry setting (I know someone else mentioned it)? >>Is the WinVNC server accepting any connections (for example, from the >>local network)? Check out http://gotomyvnc.com and you can see both what >>IP address you are connecting from, and test to see if your machine is >>listening on the common VNC ports. > > There is no local network. One PC only. > > Tried that URL and no connection on any ports. You most likely have a firewall in the way (either your own or your ISPs). Another option would be that VNC isn't binding to the interface, but I would expect it to throw up an error message. Maybe looking into the WinVNC debugging isn't a bad idea. http://www.realvnc.com/winvnc.html#11 -- William Hooper _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
