Hi Wez,
Interestingly enough, this is the case at the viewer end (i.e. that 
there is a transparent web proxy).
So there is no way to change this then? Oh well,
thanks for the support and info so far!
Cheers
Astan

James Weatherall wrote:
> Astan,
>
> Given that the problem occurs with port 80 and not with port 8080, it's most
> likely that you're using some sort of transparent web proxy at the viewer
> end, through which all port 80 traffic passes.  This won't work for the main
> VNC connection, which uses RFB, not HTTP.
>
> Regards,
>
> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
>
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Astan Chee
>> Sent: 30 November 2006 04:37
>> To: James Weatherall
>> Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: Simple question of making VNC accessible in web browser
>>
>> Hi,
>> The "one-port" option that was suggested doesnt seem to work 
>> on port 80.
>> The following error occured when trying to view via internet 
>> explorer a 
>> VNC server (enterprise edition version 4.2.7 i think) with 
>> both java and 
>> main connection set to port 80:
>> rfb.Exception: reading version failed: not an RFB server
>> This ofcourse happens before the password prompt (but after 
>> the server 
>> selection) in the java applet.
>> Im not sure what is causing this. Any ideas or workarounds for this 
>> problem?
>> Despite this, putting both to port 8080 seems to work fine. Just 
>> wondering what is the deal with port 80.
>> Also I noticed something strange in that although the server 
>> is 4.2.7, 
>> the client in the java applet says it is vnc viewer 4.2.6 . 
>> not sure if 
>> this is the issue or not.
>> Thanks again for all your help.
>> Cheers
>> Stan
>>
>> James Weatherall wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> VNC Enterprise Edition supports "One-Port" operation, 
>>>       
>> allowing VNC Viewer
>>     
>>> for Java to be served via HTTP on the same port as VNC 
>>>       
>> connections will use.
>>     
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
>>>  
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Astan Chee
>>>> Sent: 21 November 2006 05:41
>>>> To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Subject: Re: Simple question of making VNC accessible in 
>>>>         
>> web browser
>>     
>>>> Sorry to bring this up again but two things, firstly thank 
>>>> you very much 
>>>> for the information, it worked fine.
>>>> Secondly, I havent tested this yet but instead of forwarding 
>>>> port 5900 
>>>> to my pc, change the VNC (and the java) port 80 and only 
>>>> forward port 80 
>>>> from my router. Will this work? or cause conflict since 
>>>>         
>> both the java 
>>     
>>>> http port and the vnc port is 80.
>>>> Also no, im using VNC enterprise edition also security is not 
>>>> really an 
>>>> issue.
>>>> Thanks again for your help.
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> S. I. Becker wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> To remove the need for ":xxxx" at the end, you need to have 
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> the java 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> viewer being served on the standard http port, which is port 80.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are two basic ways of doing this
>>>>>
>>>>> Either:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Forward port 80 on your router to port 5800 on your computer,
>>>>>
>>>>> Or (e.g. if your router does not support changing the 
>>>>>           
>> port, or you 
>>     
>>>>> want to omit :5800 while _inside_ your LAN).
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) Forward port 80 on your router to port 80 on your 
>>>>>           
>> computer, and 
>>     
>>>>> change the VNC java port to 80.
>>>>>
>>>>> Port forwarding is needed because your ip address to the outside 
>>>>> world, is actually your IP address of your router.  It then 
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> needs to 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> know what to do with connections on each port - whether to 
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> ignore them 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> (probably the default).
>>>>>
>>>>> In either case, you will also need to forward port 5900 on 
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> your router 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> to your PC.
>>>>>
>>>>> NOTE: IF YOU ARE USING REALVNC FREE EDITION, THE ABOVE IS 
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> NOT SECURE. 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO TUNNEL VNC THROUGH SOME OTHER SECURE 
>>>>> CHANNEL, SUCH AS SSH OR VPN.  (The Personal and 
>>>>>           
>> Enterprise editions 
>>     
>>>>> are more secure, or take a look at VeNCrypt - 
>>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/vencrypt/ ).
>>>>>
>>>>> You don't need Apache - Apache is for actual web-sites 
>>>>>           
>> servers, not 
>>     
>>>>> other services that also use the http protocol.  Indeed 
>>>>>           
>> if you have 
>>     
>>>>> Apache on your system and try to change the java port to 
>>>>>           
>> 80, one or 
>>     
>>>>> other will fail, because you can only have one thing 
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> listening to port 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> 80.  If you do have Apache (or any other web-server), you can 
>>>>> configure it to work in harmony with VNC, by setting up a 
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> page in it 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> just like the one VNC serves, but from your e-mail I'm 
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> assuming that 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> you don't have Apache, and so don't need to do this.
>>>>>
>>>>> HTH,
>>>>>
>>>>> Stewart
>>>>>
>>>>> Astan Chee wrote:
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I dont understand how port forwarding (due to my lack of 
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>> knowledge in 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>> it) can solve it.
>>>>>> Even if i forward port 5900 and 5800 in my router does 
>>>>>>             
>> that mean i 
>>     
>>>>>> can access the vnc server simply by typing http://<ip address> 
>>>>>> instead of http://<ip address>:5800 ?
>>>>>> Sorry but im not all that familiar with port forwarding and had 
>>>>>> several accidents with it in the past.
>>>>>> Thanks for you for your help!
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>> Israel A. Martmnez Ibarra wrote:
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> you don't need apache; the only thing to do is to 
>>>>>>>               
>> forwar the port 
>>     
>>>>>>> 5900 and
>>>>>>> 5800 in your router/modem to see your vnc server from the 
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>               
>>>> WAN side.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>>> for more help to do forwarding go to http://www.portforward.com
>>>>>>> cheers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Astan Chee" 
>>>>>>>               
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>     
>>>>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:47 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Simple question of making VNC accessible in web browser
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>> I have a winXP machnine running with a VNC server on it.
>>>>>>>> What Im trying to do is access said machine from the 
>>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>> outside  world 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>>>> via
>>>>>>>> a web browser. I can do it fine if I type http://<ip 
>>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>> address>:5800 in
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>>>> the URL where <ip address> is the ip of my computer.
>>>>>>>> Now what Im trying to do is get access when I dont have 
>>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>> access to port
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>>>> 5800. This means that when I type http://<ip address> in 
>>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>> the URL the
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>>>> same should happen. I searched and read in a few places 
>>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>> saying that I
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>>>> needed apache installed on my machine and that I 
>>>>>>>>                 
>> needed to change
>>     
>>>>>>>> settings in both VNC and apache. What Im asking is how do I do 
>>>>>>>> this? Are
>>>>>>>> there any tutorials that shows how I can do this?
>>>>>>>> Similar to IBM's BladeCenter management module (the 
>>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>> remote control
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>>>> section) for those who have used/seen it before.
>>>>>>>> Thanks
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