Steffen, The current VNC releases require a standard TCP/IP connection between viewer and server. You can of course "tunnel" the VNC connection through an HTTP-proxy-aware tunnel to get through.
Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steffen Rvmmler > Sent: 09 December 2004 06:36 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: VNC doesn't work through Linksys - my setup is > correct i think > > Hello, > > do I understand right? VNC doesn4t work through a proxy server? > I have a similar problem. Enabling bypass proxy using LAN it marches. > > Steffen > -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: James Weatherall > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. Dezember 2004 21:14 > Betreff: RE: VNC doesn't work through Linksys - my setup is > correct i think > > > Hi there, > > One thing that occurred to me, reading some of the replies to your > question, > is that some companies don't *actually* allow traffic out > to the Internet. > Instead, all HTTP/HTTPS/FTP, etc passes through an internal > proxy server - > they don't allow any internal machines to connect directly > to the outside > world at all. > > Could this be your problem? If so then there are some > tools you can use to > get things working through the web proxy. > > Regards, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 08 December 2004 14:04 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: VNC doesn't work through Linksys - my setup is > > correct i think > > > > i have vnc running on a windows 2003 server on my home > > network. the internal ip address of this box at home is > > 192.168.1.10. i did a standard install of the latest > > download of vnc server so it's listening on port 5900 while > > the java http server is listening on port 5800. i have the > > windows firewall enabled on this network card and am allowing > > the following ports through (21/tcp, 80/tcp, 5800/tcp/udp, > > 5900/tcp/udp. i have gone into my linsys firewall/router and > > have forwarded this exact list of ports to 192.168.1.10. > > > > now, from work i can open up IE and hit the website on > > 192.168.1.10. i just browse to my public ip address and the > > firewall/router forwards the port 80 traffic over to > > 192.168.1.10. works great. > > > > also from work i can pull up a command prompt and ftp to my > > ftp server on 192.168.1.10. the firewall/router forwards the > > port 21 traffic over to 192.168.1.10. works great. i "put" > > a 160Mb file onto the ftp server from work and it worked great. > > > > now, when i try to access vnc, i get an error. it just hangs > > for a minute and then i get "unable to connect to host: > > Connection timed out (10060). the java web client doesn't > > work either. i know the server's up and running b/c i can > > web/ftp to it. i know my router/firewall can forward ports > > b/c it's doing it with the port 80 and port 21 traffic. i > > know vnc works b/c i can get to it both through the standard > > client and the web client when i am within my home network > > (192.168.1.x). is there something else i have to enable on > > my router/firewall besides just simple port forwarding? > > > > i have a pretty good grasp of the basics here and as far as i > > can tell everything's setup properly. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
