Use BetterTelnet. You can get it free from http://www.versiontracker.com
When opening the connection, you'll be prompted for the Host Name. Enter the host name, followed by a space, followed by the port number. You should get the RFB 003.003 in the window that pops up afterwards. -Kurt Lloyd, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Alex K. Angelopoulos" wrote: > > Uhoh.... > > I forgot you are most likely using a Mac. > > Anyone else able to shed some light on what's in vogue for Mac telnet > clients? My last use of telnet from a Mac was NCSA's telnet client back in > 1994. > > Claus, it shouldn't matter who you are logged on as. > > Telnet is much more than ping - technically it's a command line remote > control tool, which can be used to connect from any MS-Win/Unix/Mac/BeOS etc > system to any other system running a telnet server; we don't care about that > right now though, so you can forget this entire paragraph if you want... > > Telnet can be used analogously to "ping"; the nice thing about it is that > you can "talk" to a specific port on the remote system and it will send back > any response the system makes. > > Do you have access to another Windows or a Unix/Linux system there? It can > be done easily from one of those platforms. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rothweiler, Claus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, 2002-03-22 09:25 > Subject: AW: VNC on NT4-Server with Mac client > > : Dear Alex, > : sorry for the question (my world is the mac side), but "telnet to port > 5900" > : gives me some headache... Is there a tool for telnet (is it similar to > : "ping"?) and does it matter if I am logged in as admin or as user? > : Thanks for your help and > : best regards > : Claus > : > : > : It sounds like the VNC service may have crashed or hung. > : > : Assuming you are running the server on the default port, you can try a > : telnet to port 5900 just to see if it echoes back the RFB protocol number. > : If it times out, you can't access the server; if it refuses connection, > the > : service is no longer running. If it does echo back a string such as RFB > : 003.003, then the problem is most likely in the VNCViewer client software. > : > : ----- Original Message ----- > : From: "Rothweiler, Claus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : Sent: Friday, 2002-03-22 08:54 > : Subject: VNC on NT4-Server with Mac client > : > : > : : Dear VNC list, > : : > : : as a new vnc-user I have the following problem: > : : I want to use a NT4-Server without monitor and keyboard as Mac > Fileserver. > : In > : : fact the only task would be to shutdown the machine remotely. VNC > : installation > : : on Mac was no problem. On the server I first got the message "The SCM > : could > : : not be contacted - the WinVNC service was not installed" while not > beeing > : : logged in as admin. It worked as admin and I run VNC as service as > : : recommended. Now the problem is, that I get the error "The server could > : not be > : : found. This may be because the server is not running, or because the > : adress of > : : the server was incorrect.", after a long period of waiting, when I try > to > : : connect from the Mac's viewer. The IP adres is correct, VNCserver is > : running > : : an even a volume of the NT machine is mounted on the Mac's desktop, so > : there > : : should be no physical problem in the network. The Mac runs with OS 9.1. > : What > : : could be wrong? Any advice? > : : > : : Best regards > : : > : : Claus Rothweiler > : : --------------------------------------------------------------------- > : : 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -Kurt Lloyd, [EMAIL PROTECTED], (978) 960-6276 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
