Leon, You'll need port 5900 open whichever kind of viewer you are using - that's the VNC port. 5800 is just the HTTP port used to serve the Java viewer.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of L.M. > Sent: 14 May 2007 10:39 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Port 5800 - VNC client through a browser > > Hi, > I am using "VNC Free Edition 4.1". > > o At PLACE_1, I have: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > - a LAN "192.168.0.0/24" ; > - a router with a public IP "W.X.Y.Z" ; > - a host A="192.168.0.6" running a VNC server. > > o At PLACE_2, I have: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > - a LAN "192.168.1.0/24" ; > - a host B="192.168.1.2" on which I want to run a VCN viewer > (via a HTTP server) to connect to the VNC server running on A. > > o First situation: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > My router is configured to transmit everything it receives > on its port 5900 to host A on the port 5900 (port forwar- > ding). > > If I run a VNC viewer (not via a browser) on host B, I > manage to connect the VNC server on host A. It succeeds. > > o Second situation: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > - Now, if I configure my router so that everything it receives > on its port 5800 is transmitted to host A on port 5800 > - and type in a browser: http://W.X.Y.Z:5800/ > > I have the following message: > "java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect" > > o Notice: > ~~~~~~~~~ > If I run http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/nettest.cgi on the server > it says: > "The ip address requesting this web page is W.X.Y.Z (REMOTE_ADDR) > Connecting to port 5900 succeeded > Waiting from server to send version string" > Why port 5900 and not port 5800? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > Leon > _______________________________________________ > 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
