Saleel:
Hello! So, if you have the server running on A, and you
type "telnet <machine.A.IP.address> 5900" from a command-line on
machine-B, what happens? You *should* see a response something
like "RFB 3.0"
This will help narrow down the LAN problems you're having.
Write back when you get it this far...
-Scott
> I have two computers on a LAN. On both machines I've installed VNC. One
> machine A, I load up the server, set up a password, and the tray icon
> appears.
>
> On machine B, I load up the viewer, and try to conenct to the machine A. I
> enter its host name (also tried IP - "192.168.0.1") and press enter. I get
> the "Failed to Connect to Server".
>
> However, If on machine B I start the viewer in listening mode, and then on
> machine A I "Add New Client", machine A's desktop appears suddenly on
> machine B.
>
> So, in other words, I can't connect directly to machine A from B using the
> viewer, or virse versa, but can connect if one machine listens, and the
> other machine adds the other as a client.
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