Thanks Jerry. I will check into your suggestions. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Westrick Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 2:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Accessing server
On Tuesday 25 July 2006 17:38, Nathan Kane wrote: > Jerry, thanks for your reply. I don't know much about VNC so let me see if > I can do a better job at explaining the problem here. > > I have a client that uses VNC extensively to view spreadsheets that are on > the server. Everyone in his group logs onto his company server and can view > the spreadsheets on the server without any difficulty. Some of these people > are at remote sites. > > However, there is a lady that works for another company that he uses to do > his books. She is in the same room as the server but she does not log onto > his company's server. She logs into a different server. But she has a > profile on his server but she does not use it. > > She needs to have access to the spreadsheet just like everyone else via > VNC. I have installed VNC on her pc but can not access the server. I have > copied the executable from one of the machines that can access the server > and put it on her pc but still no luck. > > I guess what I am asking is, does she have to be logged into the domain in > order to see the spreadsheets? > > I hope that this makes sense this time. Let me know if you need more > clarification. > Okay, as to Windows Domain the answer is no. No, you donot need to log into a windows domain in order to connect to a vncserver. That is a direct answer to your question, but I doubt it's the answer to what you want to know, so here I try to explain: vnc uses normal tcp/ip. Just like IE explorer does. to use TCP/IP you do not have to login to a windows domain. Now I assume that the Lady, has connections problems when she tries to connect to the server. So lets look into that! I assume the VNCserver is using the default port 5900. Please confirm this is the case. (:n on vncclient connection that works, if no :n the default 5900). Log on as the Lady in question. In a dosbox type "telnet <ip-of-server> 5900" this will use the windows telnet program to access the vncserver. If telnet can build a connection to the server you will get a line with "RFB" in it. If you don't you got 1) wrong portno. 2) wrong ip-address, or 3) firewall problems. In all of these cases the problem is not a VNC problem but a networking problem. This the usual source of problems with vnc. If get the line with "RFB", then the lady can connect to vncserver, ie. you don't have a network problem, and I'm barking up the wrong tree! Jerry _______________________________________________ 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
