I am trying to reach a VNC server running on an AIX5.3 host at home ( I tried to a Solaris 8 host at home with the same results). They are behind a DLINK cable router.
I have port forwarding set for port 9999 --> 5901 and have started the server with "vncserver :1". The "netstat -an" confirms the process is listening on 5801 for HTTP requests and 5901 for vncviewer requests. I can successfully connect with vncviewer going to "hostname:9999" when it is not using an SSH tunnel. I have port forwarding set for port 8888 --> 22 for ssh. I can successfully connect with ssh using "ssh -p 8888 hostname" from a command line or from a PUTTY session going to port 8888. I have created a putty entry with the same ssh parameters and then under SSH tunnels I have created an entry with source port 5901 (local) and destination "hostname:5901" since the SSH tunnel should hide the port forwarding of 9999 --> 5901. I get the normal SSH prompt for userid and password. I then try and start the vncviewer and connect to localhost:1 or 127.0.0.1:1 and get a message "The connection closed unexpectedly. Do you wish to attempt to reconnect to ...:". I have read through the FAQ's and did some Google searches but can not find a problem that matches. Am I missing something completely obvious ? What gets me is that I set up a VNC connections successfully with the same PC and a local UNIX server with no problem. Any assistance would be appreciated. "This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. Any dissemination or use of the information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Although this e-mail and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by the Board of Trade of the City of New York, Inc. or the New York Clearing Corporation for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. Thank you." _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
