Colin, It sounds most likely that the Windows XP system's Windows Firewall hasn't been correctly configured to allow connections to the VNC server, whereas the Windows Vista system has.
Note that many NAT routers don't handle connections between two machines within the LAN via their public IP address & a forwarded port correctly, so that's not necessarily a good test. Cheers, -- Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Lansbergen > Sent: 21 January 2008 10:08 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Add Client works, viewer doesn't > > Hello, > > I've recently setup realvnc on both my pc's in my LAN to > create remote desktop control. > > The server is setup on a windows xp pc in my lan. Free > edition.The client is setup on a windows vista pc in my lan. > Personal trial edition *to work under vista*. > > I'm behind a Linksys WRT54G router. > I've forwarded the ports: > VNC1 5500-5500 > VNC2 5800-5800 > VNC3 5900-5900 > > And unchecked the block anonymous request *according to port > forwarding webpage*. > > > When I get to my server side pc and do a "add client", I get > a control screen popped up on the client side and everything works. > But when I try to connect from the viewer side it doesn't > work. I get a connection timed out if I enter the local ip. > And a connection refused when I use my router ip::port. > > Is there a way to fix this? What could be wrong?Thanks in > advance!Colin Lansbergen > _______________________________________________ > 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
