Ping has nothing to do with port numbers. Ping is handled at a lower level - if your ISP and computers are Internet-compliant then your machine will be pingable so long as data can be sent to/from it. Whether or not port 5900 etc is blocked will not affect pingability.
If you can't ping a machine, then the chances are that its networking is not properly configured, so it's not accessible at all. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arthur Simpatico > Sent: 10 August 2004 14:17 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Will realVNC alone work in dial-up connection > > If you can't ping one another, then one or both of you most > likely have some kind of firewall blocking your port 5900. > The method in which you connect to the internet will make no > difference to vnc or any other TCP/IP-related program. You > cannot, of course, initiate a connect at the other end > without the computer first connected 'manually' by whomever > is on the other side. > > Good luck. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anand G.P. > Sent: August 10, 2004 8:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Will realVNC alone work in dial-up connection > > Hi > > I am really getting many stupid suggestions and explanation > but nobody is answering me the following simple question. > > I am connected to internet through dial-up connection. > Mine is standalone machine with win-xp. > Another machine connected to internet through dial-up > connection. That is standalone machine with win98. > > Both of us are installed only real vnc software. > > When I give ipconfig I will get following > ip adr: 24.4.150.18 > subnetmask: 255.255.255.0 > Default Gateway: 16.138.1.1 > > In another machine I get following > ip adr: 164.94.10.178 > subnetmask: 255.255.255.255 > Default Gateway: 106.18.51.15 > > Will our computer can be connected to realVNC? > When I tried, it is not possible. Even not possible to ping. > > Can anybody help me how to solve the problem. Please > somebody reply to this mail or directly to me [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks & Regards, > Anand GP _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
