FYI. My low end Linksys VPN router supports port forwarding but not redirection. It does everything just fine and this would not be justification to replace it.
Steven ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'William Hooper'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:38 AM Subject: RE: Error: 10061 whenever I change the connection port from defa u lt > -----Original Message----- > From: William Hooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 11:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Error: 10061 whenever I change the connection port from > defau lt > > > John Aldrich said: > > Question: Why change the ports that VNC accepts connections on? > > I can think of two: > > 1) So that the java viewer works without having to fiddle with the address > 2) You have a router that doesn't support port forwarding as you describe. > +-+-+ > > 1) I see your point, but it's just as easy to do the redirection on the > router as it is to do it on the command-line, I would think... > > 2) Again, a good point, but in my (admittedly limited) experience, it's hard > to find a router that can't do selective port forwarding/redirection. I've > had two different DSL/Cable routers and both have been capable of > redirecting port x to port y on a different computer. > > My intent was to suggest that if you are having problems, maybe it would > work better if you'd change the port in the router, instead of on the > server. > John > _______________________________________________ > 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
