Dear Edward There are step-by-step instructions on using Putty with VNC on this very useful webpage
http://nodivisions.com/tech/vnc/ This way works well for me. Daniel On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 12:00 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. -- Dr Daniel John Rigden Tel:(+44) 151 795 4467 School of Biological Sciences FAX:(+44) 151 795 4406 Room 101, Biosciences Building University of Liverpool Crown St., Liverpool L69 7ZB, U.K. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
