nathan liskov wrote on Monday, April 24, 2006 11:00 AM:
> Thanks again John, > > I uninstalled and reinstalled realVNC, with no change. I > also tried tightVNC and had the same problem. > > I cannot connect with my windows firewall turned off or > with > it turned on with exceptions for winVNC and TCP on ports > 5800 and 5900. > > I tried a utility that showed realVNC was indeed > listening on ports 5800 and 5900. And I can connect from > a viewer on > that machine. > Hmm... Do you have anything else that may be listening on those ports? You might consider downloading ActivePorts (free) from SmartLine at http://www.protect-me.com/freeware.html and see what, if anything, is listening on ports 5800 and 5900. > I'll look into the Ubuntu thing. But I have a feeling > its a "windows thing" Something is blocking the > connection but I have no idea what. > Well Ubuntu (or another "Live" CD) will allow you to troubleshoot and make sure it IS just a "Windows thing" that's causing the problems. You don't have something like Norton Internet Security running as well as the Windows XP firewall do you? *ANY* other firewall/security software will need to have an exception put in place as well... John _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
