On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 04:52, Vince Teachout wrote: > At 01:15 AM 9/4/03 -0500, Michael Herman wrote: > > >You are testing this from within the same LAN? I tried this as well > >with my SMC router and it didn't work. After I dug into the SMC docs > >a bit, I found that this (port forwarding) does not work when you try > >to access your external address from an internal address. > > Thank you! A thousand blessings upon your pointy head! :-) > > I've been lurking for weeks, and reading all the web pages and archives I > could find, trying to find out why I couldn't use vnc through my router. I > was SURE I had set port forwarding up correctly, and I was SURE I had the > external IP address correct, but I could never start the server, then try > to use the viewer and get the "can't do a loopback" message, which would > have told me it was working. It never occurred to me that I couldn't do it > if I was on the same lan. Could a buddy up, had him try to vnc in, and it > worked like a charm from the outside, which is all I cared about. I wasted > hours for nothing. :-( > > But.... thanks to your providential posting, all is well! (Until next > week, when my Suse Linux install CD arrives, and I go back to trying to > figure out how to NOT get the grey screen in KDE) > When you get your SuSE (auuming 8.2) try reading Try reading /usr/share/release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html
It tells you how to install vnc under inetd, works like a charm! Jerry > Thank you! > > (PS - I apologize for the "pointy head" -- I was just overflowing with joy > and mirth at that er.... point.) :-) > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
