Well, I waded through over 600 matches for "wireless" in the archives, and 90+% of them deal with router settings for accessing a VNC server from the WAN, the wireless aspect was incidental to the actual issue discussed.
Of the rest, almost all dealt with a total inability to connect, I found none that discussed occasional connection problems. I would say my connection success rate is about 8/10, so it doesn't suck, it's just inconvenient, more so because I cannot physically do anything about it. I'm probably in agreement that it's a wireless issue, even though all the computers report "very good" or better signal strength. The network is anchored by a Linksys WRT54G, equipped with high-gain antennas, located in an upstairs loft, an area with only one real wall. All the wireless-connected computers are located on the main level. Referring to the descriptions in my original post: Viewer has an internal wireless G capability that is branded by Intel, and is located about 15 feet horizontally and 12 feet vertically from the router. If my Pythagorean theorem memory is correct, that makes it about 20 feet total, with the signal going through only the floor. Server 2 has a Linksys wireless G PCI adapter, and is about 10 feet horizontally and 12 feet vertically (16 total), with the signal going through only the floor. Server 3 has a Linksys wireless G PCI adapter, and is located about 20 feet horizontally and 12 feet vertically (24 feet total), with the signal going through the floor and 2 walls. But my main issue at this point (given that an upgrade probably won't fix my connection problem, but is probably inevitable to get the features I want) is a procedure that can be used to do the upgrade from the Viewer on all the servers. Given my inability to access any of the computers physically, I can't really afford to test things that might leave me incapable of remotely managing the other machines. I don't see any reason why my theory of 2 versions of VNC server on one machine, listening on different ports wouldn't work, I was hoping someone more knowledgeable and more able-bodied than I could confirm it before I jumped off the deep end. Thanks > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Westfall > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 3:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: install & version help (long) > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I agree that the problem is likely related to the wireless nature of > your network. > > You do not indicate > 1) The type of wireless you are using > 2) The distance from your router each PC is. > 3) How many walls the signal has to go through. > > It's possible your issues could be obviated by the use of a few products. > > 1) Wireless G Equipment if you aren't already using it. > 2) Don't use USB or PCI Wireless cards, they suck, just buy some > Wireless ethernet bridges. > 3) The strategic use of 1 or more range expanders for your wireless > network. A Range expander is basically a wireless "repeater". > > > Matt Westfall > Owner / Operator > FiftyPounds Internet > http://www.fiftypounds.com > > This message is digitally signed with Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) > Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy > > > > Jaroslaw Rafa wrote: > > Andy and Lenore Etherington napisal(a): > > [Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > >> Unfortunately, winVNC is proving to be problematical. Sometimes after > >> choosing a machine to connect to, the viewer just "goes away", > and I never > >> get asked for a password, and no session will be established. > Other times I > >> will be prompted for the password, and THEN it goes away. > Sometimes I get a > >> failure to find server error even though I know the machine is > up, and VNC > >> server is running. I could deal with the flakiness of the connections, > > [...] > >> Details: > >> Viewer tablet pc, 1.4 GHz centrino, windows xp > professional, wireless > >> network connection, VNC viewer 3.3.7.0 > >> Server 1 tower pc, 500 MHz Piii, windows 98se, 10/100 into > router, winVNC > >> server 3.3.3R9 > >> Server 2 tower pc, 500 MHz Piii, windows 98se, wireless, > winVNC server > >> 3.3.3R7 > >> Server 3 tower pc, 2.4 GHz P4, windows xp home, wireless, > winVNC server > >> 3.3.3R7 > > > > Hm... these versions are should work quite well with each > other, without the > > problems you described. > > I'm afraid that the wireless connection may be the problem. As people > > already mentioned on the list multiple times, some of the > wireless routers > > cause problems with VNC (I never experienced this personally, > as I generally > > don't use wireless connections). > > Regards, > > Jaroslaw Rafa > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) > > iD8DBQFEd2kpb/8X6V5MpAURArlOAKC2e3wavO9vhhMl+/VE2sUpF7QT5gCeNIHS > 2w2rC51dBs5LU2q75EooRk8= > =26w1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > 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
