Stuart, What makes you think that something else was responding to requests, other than VNC server? It seems clear from the error code you were getting that the problem was that VNC server was running, so your server computer was simply rejecting the connections.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 August 2006 16:10 > To: vnc > Subject: Error 10061 - Connection refused - Some info that may help > > I use the freeware version of realVNC to monitor a PC running > some CCTV > capture software connected to a linksys router using a > wireless adaptor. > The software on the server PC is windows 98, the viewer PC is > running XP. > Today when I tried to get connected to the server pc I > received the Error > 10061 message. > After examining some of the posts relating to this problem on > the vnc-list I > tried varoius options on my router (i.e port forwarding, DMZ > etc) to no > avail. > To help analyse the problem I downloaded and used a freeware > IP packet sniffer > program. (http://www.plasticwater.com/PlasticSniffer/) > This software identified that the server PC was responding to > messages from > the viewer PC, with the server sending the messages on port > 5900 to the viewer > PC initially on port 2785. Each time I attempted to make the > connection the > port on the viewer pc the message was sent to was incremented > by 1. i.e. 2786, > 2787, 2788 ........ > I checked that this port incrementation occured for 5 > successive attempts. > It looked like the server PC was respoding but didn't know > where to send the > message. On checking the server pc I discovered the problem, > the VNC service > was not configured or running. After selecting the configure > and then the > start service options I was able to access the server pc with > no difficulties. > It appears that although the server pc was not running the > service there must > have something that was stil resident that was responding to > my initial > requests. > > Hope its of some help to others experiencing this problem. > > Stuart > _______________________________________________ > 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
