Lyle,
Got it!
I was testing coming in from outside. Unfortunately, the VNC viewer
apparently provides its address to the server and, since it's all
it has, was providing the local net address (192.168.x.y).
I disconnected the local Ethernet segment from the test client machine
and dialed into an ISP and then tried to connect to my VNC server.
Voila, Success!
For the record:
The default incoming port for the VNC Server is 5900
on a Windows NT box running WinVNC Version 3.3.3 R2.
Thanks for the support. It's great to know that the STN user
community is always ready to share the hard-won knowledge.
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lyle Giese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 6:08 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [ShareTheNet] VNC
>
>
> How are you attaching? Via the VNC viewer? Try attaching with a
> browser on
> the same subnet and then we can put the speculation on the port numbers
> behind us. I have been playing with VNC against a Linux host and have
> attached via the viewer and a browser. Netscape with go with
> '192.168.0.1:5801', but IE needed it this format
> 'http://192.168.0.1:5801'.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David M. Patterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 4:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [ShareTheNet] VNC
>
>
> Lyle,
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> The box I'm attempting to connect to is a WIndowsNT box, not Linux.
> I *think* that means the session (display) is zero, not 1.
>
> Either way, I can't seem to get it work. As a test, I enabled ports
> 5800,5801,5900, and 5901 and set all of them to go to the target machine.
> Alas, no luck.
>
> Any more ideas? Will this work through the UserSpecifiedServices or will
> I have to add one of those strange IPAUTOFW (or whatever it is) commands?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Dave
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lyle Giese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:11 PM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: RE: [ShareTheNet] VNC
> >
> >
> > Close<GRIN>! The VNC ports start 5800, not 5900 and are plus the VNC
> > session number. Usually the first session gives you a linux:1
> session id
> > and will be found at port 5801. The second session will be
> linux:2 and be
> > at port 5802. You could always hack the startup script for VNC
> > to move the
> > ports to higher random numbers for more security.
> >
> > Lyle
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David M. Patterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 4:05 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [ShareTheNet] VNC
> >
> >
> > OK.
> >
> > I've been using ShareTheNet for months now without a hitch.
> Great product!
> >
> > Now I need to allow access to one of my NT machines using a
> product called
> > VNC (file:///E|/Incoming/VNC/vnc_docs/index.html). This product allows
> > remote access to a machine ala the old Timbucktu product. It actually
> > allows you to control the machine running the server version from the
> > remote machine running the viewer version.
> >
> > Based on the docs, I enabled port 5900 for both TCP and UDP and directed
> > it to the appropriate machine. I did this via the admin web page on my
> > ShareTheNet box, using the
> > AdvancedSetup/Network/Configure/UserSpecifiedInboud
> > option, and set User 1 to Enabled/Both/5900/192.168.x.y (the
> local address
> > of the machine I want VNC to have access to.
> >
> > When I attempt to connect to the machine using VNC, the viewer
> eventually
> > times out.
> >
> > The Services/Status/SocketsInUse page of the STN admim web page
> shows the
> > following entries:
> > TCP rupert.dplhenterprises.com:5900
> dhcp4.dplhenterprises.com:1151 6989
> > TCP rupert.dplhenterprises.com:5900
> dhcp4.dplhenterprises.com:1143 5886
> > TCP rupert.dplhenterprises.com:5900
> dhcp4.dplhenterprises.com:1132 5735
> >
> > I'm at a loss. I don't really understand the innerworkings of STN.
> >
> > Help will be most appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Dave
> >
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