The uncommented line in the hosts file is simply:
127.0.0.1 localhost
The default gateway is setup in the Windows IP properties (along with
the other static settings) to be 192.168.0.254, which is our
modem/router/DHCP server. The modem has an external static IP that we
would be connecting to with VNC. I can connect to it on that address and
the internal 192.168.0.99 ... The command line on the VNC Viewer
shortcut is just the default vncviewer.exe with no options.
I just woke up one of the VNC servers/desktops that stopped working over
the weekend. I opened the web browser and it took a bit to load; was it
asking for an IP renewal? Maybe it's just the power saving options that
are at fault:
Turn off harddicks: 1hr
Standby: 1hr
Hibernate: never
James Wheaton
FloSource, Inc.
Phone: 765.342.1360
Fax: 765.342.1361
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On 11/18/2011 5:41 AM, Paul Dunn wrote:
On 16/11/2011 22:56, Christopher Woods (CustomMade) wrote:
Surely if a machine has a fixed static IP, it doesn't even enter into
discussion with the network's DHCP server to request a lease? Just
the usual
broadcast traffic...
I'm not a networking or Windows expert, but this presumably depends on
whether the client (XP?) actually has the VNC server's IP address in
its hosts file (something like C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts).
If it doesn't, then it will send a request to get the address from the
DHCP server. If the client ends up using the IP address supplied by
the server, then it will eventually expire. I've had exactly this
problem on another X server (not VNC).
James: what's in your hosts file? And how does the client actually
connect to the server? What's the VNC command line?
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