Rich, Thanks for your reply. Looks like there is a firewall and I tried telnetting to port 5900 with no success. I haven't done this before and I don't know how to open the port.
Ferruh --- Richard Clegg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > VNC only uses TCP/IP. > > Hmm, is the server you're trying to access publicly > accessible over the > internet, that is, does it have an internet IP > address, or will you need to > set up port forwarding on your router? > > Assuming it's publicly accessible, can you ping the > IP address successfully? > If so, can you telnet to port 5900 and get the > following response > > RFB 003.003 > > Let me know how you get on. > > Rich > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ferruh Unlu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 25 April 2002 16:28 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: dialups > > > I have installed vnc server on the windows 2000 > server > and started vnc service, setup password when > prompted > and I have used local machine to the server and was > able to see the server fine. I came home, dialed in > to > my isp and then started vnc viewer, I have entered > the > IP address of the server, and then nothing happens. > I > have checked the taskbar and see no vncviwer > runnning. > After I clicked OK, vncviewer also disappears. Any > ideas on how to set up vnc using tcp/ip? Thanks for > your help. > > > Ferruh > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more > http://games.yahoo.com/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
