Well it looks like you are smarter then me, I did not think about trying it until after I hit send. I will have to try this myself on our windows and linux machines just to see. It seems weird that the port number would be saved as a unsigned integer.
Mike > You know Mike, I was under that impression too. I was sure I had seen > others recommend taking that path in the past. I was so sure that I had > even written up a response to that effect. > > However just before hitting the "Send" button, I decided to try to > enter a negative number. At least on the server side, it just beeped > at me when I tried to enter the minus sign in the Display Number > field. I tried it both with the most recent versions of WinVNC and > TightVNC. > > Maybe it works on other platforms but from what I can tell, negative > numbers using a minus sign isn't a feasible solution on Windows. > > Michael Milette > TNG Consulting Inc. > > At 06:41 PM 2002-01-28, you wrote: >>Casper, >> >> If I remember right you can use negative numbers so just subtract >> 5900 >>from the port you want to use. >> >>Mike >> >> > I want to use port 3030. How do I do that ? >> > >> > I've tried, but it always add 5900 to the number! >> > >> > -Casper- >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: >> > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY >> > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: >>'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY >>See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
