That was not my experience. It wouldn't work until I made the registry changes on the workstation running VNC server. I had to edit the keys for 'AutoPortSelect' under HKLM and 'PortNumber' and 'AutoPortSelect' under HKCU. Leaving the keys alone and just changing the Display Number and unchecking the 'Auto' box on the Current User Properties dialog didn't work. The display number setting on the dialog box has to be "1" and the registry key has to force listening on port 5901. If both of these things don't agree, then it won't work.
And as for the quote from the FAQ, It seems to me that there is no other use for the display number setting besides changing the listening port. If that's the case then the setting should be renamed. If there really is a case where the 'display number' setting actually controls something other than which port the server is listening on, (which I didn't see in the documentation, but I could be wrong), then there should be a completely separate element to control the listening port separate from the display number. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate all of the help. I'm just giving the impressions of a new user. From my standpoint, the documentation wasn't clear that BOTH changes had to be made, and the apparent dual-functionality of the display-number setting was confusing at best. Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Hooper Sent: February 06, 2004 1:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: VNC behind Watchguard SOHO Mark said: > > This all seems obvious now that it works, but it was certainly > confusing while I was struggling. VNC's documentation didn't help > much with the confusion of "display number" really meaning "port", and > the like. Reading the FAQ: http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html#firewall "If N is the display number of a particular VNC server then it will accept connections on port 5900+N." > It > also > would be easier if you didn't have to hack the registry to change the > listening port. You don't. -- William Hooper _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
