Jana, You are attempting to connect to the VNC server computer directly, rather than via the SSH tunnel port on the viewer machine. i.e. on the viewer machine, enter localhost:2 in the Server field.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jana Nguyen > Sent: 11 April 2006 18:30 > To: James Weatherall > Cc: Andrey Vul; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Unable to connect to host (10061) > > Hi Wez, > > We using ssh to tunnel VNC traffic. On the VNC server, I do: > > vncserver -localhost > > On the VNC viewer, I do the ssh tunneling via cygwin: > > ssh -L 5902:localhost:5901 <vnc server ip> > > Then I launch the VNC viewer and enter at the server prompt: > <vnc server hostname>:1 > > I then get connection error. > > Thanks, > Jana > > On 4/11/06, James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jana, > > > > Why have you restricted your VNC Server to only accept > connections from the > > local machine? > > > > Regards, > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jana Nguyen > > > Sent: 10 April 2006 23:01 > > > To: Andrey Vul > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Unable to connect to host (10061) > > > > > > Thanks for the prompt response. > > > > > > I have VNC server to listen to 127.0.0.1 which is the loopback > > > interface only and not the public interface. Do I need > to have the > > > VNC listen to the public interface as well, if so how? > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] netstat -a > > > Active Internet connections (servers and established) > > > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address > > > Stat > > > e > > > tcp 0 0 *:32770 *:* > > > LIST > > > EN > > > tcp 0 0 deep:5801 *:* > > > LIST > > > EN > > > tcp 0 0 deep:5901 *:* > > > LIST > > > > > > On 4/10/06, Andrey Vul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Error means that the remote port on the machine is closed. Try > > > > port-forwarding your router and configuring your firewall. > > > I assume you > > > > have a NAT router (private ip is 192.168.*.*). > > > > What router are you using, what firewall (for iptables, > > > google "iptables > > > > port forwarding" (without quotes), others I need to know > > > what firewall > > > > you have). If you don't use ftpd, set vnc to port 21 (ftp) > > > > > > > > > > > > Jana Nguyen wrote: > > > > > I tried to connect to the vnc server (running on rh > > > linux) from the > > > > > vnc viewer (running on windows xp), but I get an error: > > > > > > > > > > Unable to connect to host: connection refused(10061). > > > Which network > > > > > am I making it listening to, the private or public? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
