John, Since this happens even when logging in to the system locally, it's clearly a problem with the operating system installation and nothing to do with networking or with VNC.
If I had to guess, I'd say that it's probably the case that the machine at home was once connected to a Windows domain and still thinks it is, even though that domain is no longer available. The delay in the logon dialog appearing in that case might be a couple of minutes, though, not 15 or more. Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Holcomb Sent: 06 May 2005 17:24 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Windows 2000 Pro initial login after reboot delay/hang I'm using: Windows 2000 Pro, SP4 1 network card, 1 IP WinVNC 4.1 on both server and viewer I'm tunnelling the zebedee from work to home, connecting from Windows XP Here's the problem, or rather, the annoyance. I turn on my Win2k machine in the morning, go to work, and at work I bring up the VNC Viewer and set it up to connect to my home machine. From the time I hit OK, to the time that the login window appears is 15 minutes (could be more like 20, but you get the idea). I enter my password and all is well, and if I shutdown that connection and open a new one to the same server, then the connection is immediate, no delays. I tried telnetting to the server, and during the initial 15 minutes, I get no response, nothing; but once I got that initial login, then I can telnet and I get a RFB 003.008. This initial hang before getting the login is not network related because I get the same thing if I try to login locally on the server. Any ideas as to why the initial login takes 15 minutes for server to respond? Thanks for an awesome product! John _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
