Aaron, Have you tried using the standard VNC release instead of EchoVNC?
Are you using the external IP address when trying to connect to the server via the router? The 192.168.x.x is LAN-only and not accessible to the Internet. One thing to note is that many modern routers can't handle connections to their forwarded ports from machines within the same LAN, for some reason. When your friends "sniff" port 5900, do they get the correct "RFB xxx.yyy" response? Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Hill > Sent: 22 July 2005 22:14 > To: 'Andy Bruce - softwareAB' > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Cannot connect > > > I just downloaded a copy of EchoVNC and it is not detecting > my VNC Server even though when I fly over it in the systray > it shows VNC Server > (Service):192.168.0.2. There may be something to your idea > that the VNC > Server is bound to a different network. My guess though, > being that this is a home PC meant for the very average user, > there is only one network card. > > I have had other people sniff the ports and found that 5900 > is open and accepting connections. So, I downloaded Ethereal > 0.10.11 and quickly found out that it's a program way over > this novice's head. > > If I'm Port Forwarding port 5900 properly, If VNC Server is > running properly, if my ZoneAlarm firewall is properly set to > allow such connections (or diabled) what could be the issue? > Any ideas? > > Thanks much, > > Aaron Hill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Bruce - softwareAB [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 12:35 PM > To: Aaron Hill > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Cannot connect > > If you've tried everything else, download free trial of Ethereal and > sniff the port. It will tell you if anything is making it in. > It sounds > to me like "something" is blocking what you've got. > > On a more local note--when you run VNC in service mode you should get > the VNC icon showing up on your system tray. Try flying over > it and see > if you get a display like "VNC Server (Service): > 192.168.1.105" (that's > my local address, obviously to have it NAT'ed through the > router I have > to enable port forwarding to my local box). > > I've found it's not unusual for someone to flyover their systray item > and it happily reports that the VNC server isn't really > listening. Also, > the VNC server could possibly be bound to the wrong network > connection > if you have multiple network cards in your box. > > Cheers, > > Andy > > Aaron Hill wrote: > > >New to VNC and new to networking in general but like most > everything, I > jump > >right in. I have VNC Server set up in service mode on my > home PC (XP). > >Every attempt to connect to my server PC from an outside internet > connection > >has been blocked. I can connect to other PCs with the > viewer and I can > >remotely access my PC with my laptop when it is connected to > the LAN. > >Port 5900 is wide open and can be sniffed by gotomyvnc.com. I have > >read many other posts regarding connectivity issues and > tried several > >of the > solutions > >with no success. I am concerned that there is a software > program that > >is blocking the connection. I have Windows Firewall diabled > and even > >tried completely disabling my ZoneAlarm Firewall with no luck. > > > > > > > >Could this be the result of a program blocking the connection or VNC > >Server rejecting the connection? > > > > > > > > > > > >Aaron Hill > >_______________________________________________ > >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
