I have found that when VNC runs on a Windows NT system with two NICs, access
is available via both NICs. Indeed, I had to struggle to get the settings
right to prevent access via the external NIC (using the AuthHosts registry
key).
Angus.
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From: "Mac Reiter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: VNC on machine with 2 adapters
> At 05:49 PM 4/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >I can't believe that it's been two days, I've seen five different
problems
> >resolved, but not a single post regarding this one? Does no one out
there
> >have VNC running on a platform with multiple adapters?
>
> Probably due to the sheer number of issues that pop up with Win98SE and
> Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), and people being tired. When the
second
> adapter was added, ICS may have been added. ICS is a masquerading
firewall
> type system, and can cause all kinds of problems. If you don't need ICS,
I
> suggest making sure it is not installed. If you do need it, I suggest
> looking at the mailing list archive as about 10 people went through the
> cycle of solving ICS problems last month.
>
> Second thought. WinVNC must bind to a particular adapter when it starts.
> If it binds to your local 192.168.x.x adapter, it will be invisible to the
> outside world. Since 192.168.x.x is unroutable (and since the server is
> not on your externally visible address), external connections can't get to
> it. I think I had to deal with this. Can't remember if it was a registry
> setting or if I had to set my external adapter's TCP/IP protocol to "be
the
> default protocol" under the Windows Network Settings. If WinVNC binds to
> the external adapter, then external connections will work, and internal
> connections will work as long as you use the external address. I don't
> know if WinVNC can be built to bind ports on all available adapters
> (requires separate connection listening for each adapter)
>
> Dunno if that helps...
> Mac
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