Nathan Wright wrote:
> 
> I thought the default display for Windows machines was 0, therefore I
> was connecting to port 5800 since I read somewhere that was the port
> used for login.  Then the display was supposed to come through port 5900
> by default.

You did the right thing.

> Another little tidbit, I cannot telnet to port 5900.  It
> refuses my connection.  That sort of implies to me (I'm no expert
> though) that this whole problem resides on my machine not allowing
> connection to port 5900.  Any thoughts?
> 

You probably can not telnet to 5800 either because:

work               company firewall    home sweet home          

browser --(http)-->HTTP proxy--(http)-->VNC5800  can do:-)

applet  --(rfb)---|firewall....(rfb)....VNC5900  no can do:-(

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