Good point. Also, maybe the Windows box (is it XP SP2 by any chance?) is blocking it with a firewall or antivirus may be seeing it as a hostile app.
-----Original Message----- From: B. Scott Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 11:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Putty, SSH, VNC cant connect Why does the SSH error refer to "localhost:5904 failed:"? Shouldn't it be setup to forward to "localhost:5900"? Munsie wrote: >Hi All > >I've used VNC extensively for a few years and have never had a problem, at >least one that couldn't be solved, I've now got one. From home I can use >VNC to connect to PCs at work over a company setup VPN, works great. I have >also used it to assist my father in law, ADSL my end and dialup his end, >painfully slow but successful. > >What I'm trying to do now is reverse it and connect to home from work and >from other peoples PCs. I want to be able to download the VNC Viewer and >Putty, both small so it will be quick and nothing to install on their PCs. >I have forwarded 3 ports through my router, work PC port 5900 to home PC >port 5900. Port 80 work to home PC port 22 and port 22 work to home PC port >22. I have done it this was as some places block certain ports but rarely >port 80. I can connect to my home PC over port 5900 but don't like the >lower level of security, to make it much safer I would like to do it using >SSH. > >I have setup Winssh on my home PC as a service and can successfully connect >using Putty, what I can't do is then use VNC over it. The session stays >open for hours, I have tried for many hors to get it working. > >I have changed VNC to allow loopback, if I use IP:0 I get a repeating image >of my desktop, but when I use other ports, as per many helpful instructions, >I can't get VNC to connect. If I drop all firewalls and connect directly >using just the IP it works. The Error I get from UltrVNC, the one I'm >trying with at the moment is > >Connection failed - Error reading Protocol Version > >Possible causes: > >- You've forgotten to select a DSMPlugin and the Server used a DSMPlugin > >- Viewer and Server are not compatible (they use a different RFB protocols) > >- Bad connection > > >I have also tired using a different SSH server WINSSHD and Tunnelier, works >well but very expensive and requires it to be installed, not what I want >either way. The errors I get using it and trying to use Putty and VNC is > >[062] WinSSHD 3.28d: Session thread 1031 for user domainname\username from >192.168.2.2:1413: > >Client-side C2S forwarding: Attempt to forward connection from >client-side-connection:0 to > >localhost:5904 failed: Connect() failed: Error code 10061, description: No >connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. > > > >Anyone please help, I know it should work > >Thanks in advance > > > >Munsie >_______________________________________________ >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
