Have you disabled Windows XP's built-in firewall on the two XP systems? Cheers,
Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: -Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 May 2006 16:28 > To: James Weatherall > Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: Re: Port 5900 does not respond > > Ok, I deleted the UDP rule (although I still can't get it to work). > > As an experiment, I changed the private IP port in the router > rule from > 192.168.2.4 to 192.168.2.2 which is the IP address of a > Windows ME computer > on my network. Then when I go to that computer (or any computer on my > network for that matter) and I run that same script I get: > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The IP address requesting this web page is 71.141.147.191 > Connecting to port 5900 ... succeeded. > Waiting for server to send version string... > Found a server supporting protocol version 3.8. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > However if I change the router rule port to .3 or .4 which > point to two > different windows XP computers, the script attempting to > connect to port > 5900 fails. > > Any more ideas? > > Thanks. > > ~Paul > > > James Weatherall wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > > > VNC doesn't use UDP, so you don't need a rule for that. > > > > You may wish to check which port your VNC Server is > accepting connections > > on, and that the private IP address you're specifying is > definitely correct. > > > > I assume you're visiting the nettest.cgi script from a > browser on the server > > computer, not the viewer, of course... :) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of -Paul > >>Sent: 09 May 2006 11:19 > >>To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > >>Subject: Re: Port 5900 does not respond > >> > >>I installed and ran the VNC server and set up my Belkin > >>router to forward port 5900 as follows: > >> > >>Enable Description Inbound port Type Private IP Private port > >>------ ----------- ------------ ---- ----------- ------------ > >> x RealVNC1 5900 - 5900 TCP 192.168.2.4 5900 - 5900 > >> x RealVNC2 5900 - 5900 UDP 192.168.2.4 5900 - 5900 > >> > >>However when I go to: > >> > >>http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/nettest.cgi > >> > >>I see this: > >> > >>The IP address requesting this web page is 71.141.142.96 > >>Connecting to port 5900 ... failed. > >> > >>I tried pinging my ip address with the following results: > >>-------------------------------------------------------- > >> >ping 71.141.142.96 > >>Pinging 71.141.142.96 with 32 bytes of data: > >>Reply from 71.141.142.96: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64 > >>Reply from 71.141.142.96: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 > >>Reply from 71.141.142.96: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 > >>Reply from 71.141.142.96: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 > >>Ping statistics for 71.141.142.96: > >> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), > >>Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: > >> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 0ms > >>-------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>When I hover the mouse of the Vnc icon in the system tray, > >>it says "VNC (Server) Service:192.168.2.4" > >> > >>Any clues why this could be happening? > >>I've read all the directions dozens of times and it > >>seems like I've done everything that is required. > >> > >>Thanks in advance for any ideas. > >>(Sorry - ignore 1st post. Didn't realize pictures were forbidden) > >> > >>~Paul > >>_______________________________________________ > >>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
