The way you describe it should work just fine. I do the same thing. From a remote machine you should try "telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.97 5900" and see if it connects at all. If not, the odds point to some issue with the firewall rule...
Kevin Duffy wrote: >James: > >Thanks for you reply. > >I double checked as follows: > Yes the server machine is an XP box, but it has an exception for VNC Server > and viewer. > And there is a machine on the LAN that can connect to the VNC server, no > problem. > > Behind this firewall there is also a Linux machine with SSH running. I can > connect to the Linux box via SSH. This proves that I have the correct > external IP address and that I know how to forward ports on the forewall. > > I double checked that the address I am forwarding the port to is correct > > >KD > > >-----Original Message----- >From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:35 AM >To: Kevin Duffy; [email protected] >Subject: RE: newbie question > > >Kevin, > >If the Windows machine is running Windows XP SP2, you'll need to disable its >firewall, or make VNC Server an Exception to it (VNC Enterprise Edition >4.1.3 will do this for you, if you wish). > >Are you sure that you have the correct address for your LAN's firewall? Is >it pingable? Error 10060 means that there was absolutely no response at all >from the target machine, which is consistent with a firewall being in place, >with the computer not existing, or with the address being wrong (and >pointing to a machine that doesn't exist...) > >Cheers, > >Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Duffy >>Sent: 26 January 2005 03:00 >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: newbie question >> >>Hello: >> >>I am attempting the connect to a Windows machine running the >>VNC Enterprise >>server. >>To do this I did the following: >> On the firewall of the LAN for the VNC Enterprise server >>forward port 5900 >>to the server machine. >> On the remote machine download VNC Enterprise Viewer. >> Run the viewer and enter the IP address of the firewall (ie >>xxx.xxx.xxx.97:0) colon zero because we are connecting to a >>Windows machine. >> >>This should work. True? >> >>I get Attempting to connect to host for several seconds and then >>Error unable to connect to host:Connection timed out (10060) >> >>Your assistance to greatly appreciated. >> >>Kevin Duffy >>_______________________________________________ >>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 _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
