I was able to get incoming vnc over wireless working ONCE yesterday When I went to confirm the setup I was out of luck [I had changed t of course ] It appears to be a windows issue when I have Wired AND Wireless I will keep investigating because I saw a glimmer of hope yesterday
evets James Weatherall wrote: > Dragos, > > VNC doesn't have any "subtle requirements" of routers. It simply > requires that they work as per the relevant specifications > (IEEE802.11, Ethernet, IP, etc). > > The error that you described in your previous mail, doesn't sound at > all like the sort of thing you'll get from a broken router, but like > a simple misconfiguration issue. It's either the case that you're > attempting to connect to a non-existent IP address, or to a system > that has a firewall preventing incoming connections to VNC Server, or > to a router that has the wrong port forwarding configured for the VNC > ports. > > As a simple test, can you connect to your VNC server computer using > its LAN address from another computer connected to the router? > > Regards, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > >> -----Original Message----- From: Dragos Maciuca >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 November 2005 03:41 To: >> James Weatherall Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: RealVNC >> questions about ports and display number >> >> James, >> >> I'm willing to buy your last conjecture. I know how to do port >> forwarding properly and my other gizmo works fine with port >> forwarding over wireless. I assume VNC has some other subtle >> requirement which the damn router does not implement. I didn't >> mean to complain about the VNC, I just meant to complain about the >> retail routers and maybe find out about at least one model that >> works. >> >> Thanks a lot! >> >> Dragos >> >> >> On 11/4/05, James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Dragos, >>> >>> Error 10060 means that the computer using the IP address to >> >> which you are >> >>> attempting to connect did not respond at all. This is >> >> nothing to do with >> >>> VNC, but indicates that you are using the wrong IP address, >> >> the IP address >> >>> isn't reachable, you don't have port forwarding set up in >> >> your router >> >>> correctly, or your port forwarding configuration is forwarding >>> the connection attempt to a non-existent IP address on your >> >> LAN. It's also >> >>> possible, if you're seeing this when testing from within >> >> the same LAN, that >> >>> you have one of the many brands of broken routers that don't do >>> port forwarding correctly when traffic is sent to their external >>> >> >> address from >> >>> within the LAN. >>> >>> To reiterate the main point - this is *not* related to VNC, it's >>> a configuration issue with your router. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Dragos Maciuca >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 November 2005 06:53 >>>> To: James Weatherall Subject: Re: RealVNC questions about ports >>>> and display number >>>> >>>> Hi James! >>>> >>>> Let's say a computer is behind a retail router and >> >> everything (port >> >>>> forwarding, connections, etc.) is setup properly, I can >> >> connect to is >> >>>> just fine if that computer is connect via a Cat5 to the >> >> router. If, >> >>>> however, that same computer is connected via 802.11 to >> >> the router then >> >>>> you can't connecto to it via VNC. I get the 10060 error. I've >>>> managed to repeat this with several setups and several >> >> routers (mostly >> >>>> Negear and one Linksys). As I mentioned before, I know that >>>> port forwarding works because I have another gizmo that needs >>>> port forwarding over 802.11 and it works fine. So I honestly >> >> don't know >> >>>> what's going on. >>>> >>>> Let me know if you want more details. >>>> >>>> Cheers! >>>> >>>> Dragos >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/3/05, James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dragos, >>>>> >>>>> Can you explain what you mean when you say that your router >>>> >>>> doesn't work >>>> >>>>> with VNC? What is the problem you are seeing? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> >> Dragos Maciuca >> >>>>>> Sent: 03 November 2005 14:22 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com >>>>>> Subject: Re: RealVNC questions about ports and display >>>>>> number >>>>>> >>>>>> I'll reply to this message as a way of getting back on my >>>> >>>> soap box. I >>>> >>>>>> have yet to find one retail router that can be used with >>>> >>>> VNC over the >>>> >>>>>> wireless connection. I don't know what they are missing, >>>> >>>> but it's not >>>> >>>>>> the port forwarding part as I have another device >> >> that needs port >> >>>>>> forwarding and it works fine over wireless. As James >>>> >>>> found out, they >>>> >>>>>> work fine over wired connections. >>>>>> >>>>>> So, if someone knows of a retail router that can be used >>>> >>>> with VNC over >>>> >>>>>> the wireless connection, please let us know. >>>>>> >>>>>> Dragos >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have no problem coneting to my VNC inside my firewall >>>>>>> ;-) [even when I have two firewalls in-line] I can >>>>>>> connect to three machines inside 2 of windows XP Pro; >>>>>>> Linux, The problem I do have is connecting to my wireless >>>>>>> laptop althoug I can connect to it when it is hardwired >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I can conect OUT with the wireless just not in >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Using DYNDNS.org I can get clients to call me; I can call >>>>>>> myself when I >>>> >>>> am off-site >>>> >>>>>>> D-Link 804v Router Virtual Server Settings RULE inside >>>>>>> IP 03. 192.168.8.100 5903 ~ 5903 - Linux >>>>>>> Mandrake 10.1 >>>>>> >>>>>> RealVNC 4.1 >>>>>> >>>>>>> 03. 192.168.8.100 88 ~ 88 - Linux Mandrake >>>> >>>> 10.1 WebServer >>>> >>>>>>> 03. 192.168.8.100 22 ~ 22 - Linux Mandrake >>>>>>> 10.1 04. 192.168.8.102 5907 ~ 5907 - XPPro >> >> Server VNC 4.1.1 >> >>>>>>> 05. 192.168.8.101 5905 ~ 5905 - Laptop Server >>>>>> >>>>>> [display Zero] >>>>>> >>>>>>> 06. 192.168.8.101 5500 ~ 5500 - Listening >>>>>>> Viewer 07. 192.168.8.101 5708 ~ 5708 - Laptop >>>>>>> UserMode Steve >>>>>>> 08. 192.168.8.101 5500 ~ 5500 - Laptop >>>>>>> UserMode Dale >> 09. 192.168.8.101 5805 ~ 5805 - Laptop Java _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
