Hi all,
I'm having some slightly unusual problems using VNC through a firewall, and
I've searched around for the exact problem in the FAQ and mail archives but
haven't come up with anything. I'm attempting to use VNC in the following
environment:
vncviewer on
NT Workstation Home gateway/firewall Home Windows box
at work (NetBSD 1.4, ipfilter) WinVNC server
| | | |
+------ Internet ------+ +---------------------+
Home LAN
The NetBSD machine is using ipfilter to redirect incoming connections (i.e. on
the interface connected to the Net) on port 5900 to port 5900 on the Windows
machine on the LAN at home.
Now, I can run vncviewer fine on hosts on the home LAN, but I have problems
when using vncviewer on my NT Workstation at work. It connects OK and
authenticates as usual, but doesn't seem to get any display data at all, and
it simply disconnects after a few minutes. Since VNC only uses one data port,
I don't see why the connection would work fine to begin with and then suddenly
stop allowing packets. From the bit of experimenting I was able to do, it
looks as though client data about mouse movement etc. is getting through to
the server, but no display data is going back the other way.
I also tried using the Solaris VNC viewer on a Sun system at work, and had the
same problem. Here's its output (the "Connection reset" line appeared after a
couple of minutes of apparent inactivity):
<<
VNC server supports protocol version 3.3 (viewer 3.3)
Password:
VNC authentication succeeded
Desktop name "home"
Connected to VNC server, using protocol version 3.3
VNC server default format:
32 bits per pixel.
Least significant byte first in each pixel.
True colour: max red 255 green 255 blue 255, shift red 16 green 8 blue 0
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" to
type FontStruct
Using default colormap and translating from BGR233. Pixel format:
8 bits per pixel.
True colour: max red 7 green 7 blue 3, shift red 0 green 3 blue 6
Got 225 exact BGR233 colours out of 256
Using 6 existing shared colours
vncviewer: read: Connection reset by peer
>>
BTW, running the VNC server on my work machine and the viewer at home works
fine, in case that's relevant (which I kind of doubt). Any ideas on what to
do next in the way of troubleshooting? I figure it's probably something to do
with my firewall setup (which I can freely change).
Thanks in advance,
Chris Edwards
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