I've asked this before, in variations, and never gotten a response. I always wondered if it was just low traffic on the list or what. I figure this is a good time to re-ask it, since with all the discussion over quoting styles, there must be a lot of people reading the list now.
I have a client who cannot connect to me using RealVNC (both client & server on Linux). B We've tried this from his office and his Father's office, nearby. B I'm running vncviewer: vncviewer -listen on my system, with my firewall set to forward port 5500 to my workstation, and it forwards port 80 to port 5500 on my workstation as well (I leave these ports closed unless I'm working with a client). B On his system he's running vncserver and it is using display :1, so he uses this command line: vncconfig -display :1 -connect myname.dyndns.org And we don't get any connection. When I run the same line from inside my LAN, so it connects by going through dyndns.org, it works. B When my friend does it from his office, nothing happens and he gets no connection. B I figured his firewall may be blocking outbound connections, so I had him try: vncconfig -display :1 -connect myname.dyndns.org:80 to send the connection through port 80. B If he tries to read a web page on my address, I see it on my firewall logs, but when he tries this (trying to connect to my vncviewer), I see nothing in the firewall logs. Is there any way to make the connection look like an HTTP connection (other than using port 80)? Can anyone guess what is likely happening? Is it likely his firewall is blocking the outgoing signal because it realizes it isn't an HTTP connection? Thanks! Hal _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
