I've been looking for a reason for my problem in the archives and joined the list. I have tried the connection refused/connection timed out solutions but that doesn't seem to work. The only way I can get it to work, briefly, is to reboot my router and then it doesn't stay for me to try from work. It is an intermittent problem so I think I have a timeout somewhere in my network. I run Free VNC at home but connect via the Enterprise viewer because that is what I have for 4 machines at work. It worked until I had to change routers. The weird part is that it will work for a time, then quit working until I reboot the router.
I got a new router (old one died a horrible death), a NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless router model WPN824v2, and this problem has been happening ever since. It's connected to AT&T DSL (6.0 MB highest they have in my area) via Westall 6600 Modem. Internet works but VNC to my machine is sporatic at best. Before I call the manufacturer of the router, (I already verified setup for the modem with AT&T), I wanted to make sure I have everything setup correctly. I have holes in the router for ports 5900 and 5800 to point to my machine that is on an internal address that I assigned by the router so that it is static. Internal VNC works from another machine but not external. I have run the test to make sure VNC is working from the server and it finds it. I have unistalled and reinstalled VNC Free edition. Turning on and off the Windows Firewall on my machine (Win XP SP2 Pro, the ports are allowed when it is on) doesn't make a difference. I've changed the setting in the router for an "open" firewall and that doesn't make a difference either. It seems like there is a timeout somewhere and I can find it in my router. If you have any clue where I can go to, that would be great. Right now, the machine I'm trying to connect is saying connection refused. Kim Whaley _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
