Thanks for the idea. However I cannot connect to the XP workstation even with
the Windows Firewall switched off. I
can connect to the XP laptop with the Windows Firewall enabled (with an
exception for winVNC4) whether there is an
exception for printer and file sharing or not.
Nate Liskov
On Wed Apr 4, Frank Thompson wrote:
>I had similar strange problem.
>I switched off windows firewall and found that everything worked
>fine.
>Then I noted that on the machine that was giving trouble that inside
>widows firewall it did not have printer and file sharing checked. I
>checked that and it all started to work fine.
Frank
On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:08:27 -0400 (EDT), nathan liskov wrote:
>I have been trying VNC4.1 (free version) on 3 computers, all on the local
>side of my router:
>
>1) OS/2 workstation 192.168.1.2
>2) XP workstation 192.168.1.100
>3) XP Laptop 192.168.1.102
>
>Machines 1 and 2 are hard wired to the router and the laptop is connected on
>the local wireless. I can ping to any
>machine from any other machine.
>
>I have tried the following combinations
>
> Server Viewer Success
> on 1 on 2 yes
> on 3 on 2 yes
> on 3 on 1 yes
> on 2 on 1 no - failue to connect
> on 2 on 3 no - failue to connect
>
>For both XP machines - I have made a Windows Firewall exception for winVNC4
>and made sure that Fast Switching
>and Remote Desktop are off. As far as I can tell I have the same settings
>for VNC options, Internet Options and
>Windows Firewall in both XP machines and both machines have the latest
>Microsoft updates.
>
>Perhaps there is a bad setting on the XP workstation.
>
>Thanks for any suggestions
>
> Nathan Liskov
>
>This OS/2 system uptime is 0 days 04:12 hours.
>I don't do Windows!
>Email: nate_at_LCS_dot_MIT_dot_edu
>Homepages: http://home.comcast.net/~nateliskov
> http://nateliskov.kicks-ass.org
>
>
This OS/2 system uptime is 1 days 00:03 hours.
I don't do Windows!
Email: nate_at_LCS_dot_MIT_dot_edu
Homepages: http://home.comcast.net/~nateliskov
http://nateliskov.kicks-ass.org
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