Not to harp on my point, but... It is entirely possible to have a router or firewall in the path that will not respond to a ping request (ICMP Echo Request/Reply) yet allow port 5900 to have access. Try to ping www.microsoft.com. The ability to ping a machine and whether or not port 5900 is blocked are mutually exclusive issues. However, in general, very few systems do not reply to ping, and it's a good 'first step' to see whether or not the network configuration is correct in both computers. In general, if they can't even ping one another, then there is most likely some setup issue for that or strict firewalling.
Arthur -----Original Message----- From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: August 10, 2004 11:30 AM To: 'Arthur Simpatico'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Will realVNC alone work in dial-up connection 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
