No - all machines are connected on wired links.
On 6/8/05, James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark, > > Is the "Remote machine" connected to the Linux firewall via a wireless link? > > Regards, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark > > Sent: 08 June 2005 13:16 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Screen freezing in VNC4.1.1 over SSH > > > > I have been having problems with sessions hanging when running VNC > > over SSH. I will have a session open, and after some time find that > > the screen has frozen. Refreshing the screen doesn't help, however if > > I close the session I can open another one just fine (though it seems > > to take a few seconds longer to reconnect than it did originally). > > This happens in the following circumstances: > > > > * if I minimize the VNC session window for about 15 or more minutes, > > the session always freezes immediately after I maximize (I have a > > batch file printing the time continually and the time is current when > > I maximise, but does not continue to update). If I minimise and then > > maximise after a couple of minutes, the session does not freeze. If I > > maximise between 2 and 15 minutes the session sometimes freezes > > (almost always after 5 minutes). > > * if the session is not minimised but just in the background, the > > session usually freezes but after a more variable and longer length of > > time. > > * sometimes the session freezes when I am using it actively. Again, > > length of time is variable. > > > > The setup I am using is as follows: > > > > VNC Client (RealVNC Free 4.1.1) on Win XP Pro > > | > > Linux firewall running NAT > > | > > ADSL Router running NAT > > | > > | > > ADSL Router running NAT > > | > > Linux Firewall running NAT & OpenSSHd > > | > > Remote machine (RealVNC Free 4.1.1 server) on Win XP Pro > > -session timeout set to 60000 seconds > > > > The only port open on the remote Linux firewall is 22, and I set up a > > SSH tunnel from local client (with PuTTY) to the remote Linux > > Firewall, which then forwards VNC traffic to the remote VNC server. > > > > I don't see any problem with the SSH session when the VNC session > > hangs (nothing in the SSH log, SSH terminal session is fine). I have > > also reproduced the problem connecting from different PCs. > > > > I do get an entry in the Windows event log of the VNC server > > (connection reset by peer 10054), but this entry is logged after the > > time session froze, so presumably it is a result of the freeze not the > > cause? > > > > If I put the remote machine in front of the Linux firewall (ie just in > > ADSL router NAT) and connect directly (ie no SSH tunnel) the > > connection is stable and does not hang. > > > > Any assistance in fixing this would be most appreciated. > > > > thanks > > > > mark. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
