So, if I am successful in connecting to the VNC server when I am inside the LAN, AND I have port forwarding set to forward to the same IP address that I am using when successfully connecting to the VNC server, AND I am seeing the router forward the proper port when connecting from the WAN but I am still seeing a vnc error: "unable to connect to host: Connection timed out (10060)" what is the next step to see what might be misconfigured?
Theo -----Original Message----- From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 1:52 PM To: tomtzigt Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: Trouble connecting Theo, No. If a computer receives a TCPv4 connection request for a port on which there is nothing accepting connections, it will respond with a "Connection refused" message. "Connection timed out" means that literally no response whatsoever was received from the server IP address. Please see the tips at http://www.realvnc.com/portforward.html, particularly the net-test link, which can be used from your VNC server computer to determine whether your server is in fact contactable. Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. tomtzigt wrote: > I am confused. The computer doesn't respond does it? Some software that is > listening to that port would respond, not? And that should presumably be the > VNC server which is running in a process. > > Whatever it is, I need more than that to get unstuck. The IP address of the > machine that is running the VNC server is 192.168.1.10. That address works > when on the inside using vnc viewer. It is also programmed on the firewall. > The port numbers are correct, the IP forwarding is correct. Other services > are working, but not VNC. So I am looking for something that can tell me > where that vnc packets are getting lost. > > All help is appreciated. > > Theo > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 6:15 AM > To: 'tomtzigt'; vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: Trouble connecting > > Theo, > > Error 10060 does NOT mean that no process is listening to the request. It > means that no *computer* responded to the request. This is most commonly > because of firewall configuration or because the IP address that you are > using is wrong. > > Regards, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tomtzigt >>Sent: 11 December 2005 13:57 >>To: vnc-list@realvnc.com >>Subject: Trouble connecting >> >>I am stuck.. >> >> >> >>I installed the latest VNC server on Fedora Core 2 and client >>on Windows XP. >>When I am on the inside of the network, I can connect to a >>running Xvnc >>process, but when I am on the WAN I can't. The VNC Viewer >>error I get back >>is: "unable to connect to host: Connection timed out >>(10060)", which after >>reading this forum I interpret to mean that no process is >>listening to the >>request. I've painstakingly sifting through all the messages >>from the router >>and it successfully forwards the VNC TCP request to the >>machine on which VNC >>is running, but I can't get a VNC session going from the WAN >>side. Anyone >>have any good ideas how further to debug this problem? >> >> >> >>Router message: >> >>Sat, 2005-12-10 20:28:05 - TCP packet - Source: xxx - >>Destination: xxx - >>[Service access request successful Src 1164 Dst 5901 from WAN] >> >> >> >>And VNC server is running: >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] tomtzigt]$ ps -aux | grep vnc >> >>tomtzigt 4025 0.9 2.7 17752 14276 pts/3 S Dec10 10:25 Xvnc :1 >>-desktop head-node -httpd /usr/share/vnc/classes -auth >>/home/tomtzigt/.Xauthority -geometry 1400x1100 -depth 16 >>-rfbwait 30000 >>-rfbauth /home/tomtzigt/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5901 -pn >> >> >> >>Looking forward to get unstuck. >> >> >> >>Theo >>_______________________________________________ >>VNC-List mailing list >>VNC-List@realvnc.com >>To remove yourself from the list visit: >>http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
