Alex, When connecting between machines on the same LAN, connect between them directly, using their LAN addresses. Many modern routers have dodgy firmware that can't handle machines on the LAN trying to access each other via the router's WAN IP address.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Bartonek > Sent: 14 December 2005 03:33 > To: [email protected] > Subject: weird vnc problem > > At my friends house.. they have a desktop and a laptop > both running Windows 2k.. the laptop cannot vnc into > the desktop. But I can VNC into the desktop from my > house. The laptop can vnc into my server at my house > also..but to the desktop it cannot. The port is open > on the router and is being forwarded properly > (obviously..since I wouldnt not have been able to get > in from my house). > Any ideas as to why this does not work? > > btw, I also tried this... > from friends house, VNC'd from the laptop to my > server, then opened a VNC session from the server back > to my friends desktop...and that worked..weird! > > > -Alex > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > 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
