Patrick, Are you sure that you are attempting to connect using the correct Internet-routable IP address for the server computer, and not its LAN address (LAN addresses normally start 192.168. and do not work across the Internet)?
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pddi > Sent: 09 October 2005 20:41 > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: Connection over internet doesn't work > > Hello together, I have the following problem (also after > exactly reading the > existing mailing-lists still not fixed ;-) ) > > First of all: I turned off all security services (just for > the time I'm > testing this tool). That means: bypassed the windows > firewall, shut down > personal firewall). Then I installed RealVNV 4.1.1 on my 2 > home-pc's. The > tool works fine in my LAN. > > Now I would like to connect on one of my home-pc over the > internet (Home-PC > is the server). The service works fine (so I can problem less > connecting > with a client in my LAN). But if I establish a connection > from a client > outside my LAN, the error message "unable to connect to host: > Connection > refused (10061)" appears. > > For sure I use the right IP-Address (not the internal one). > Ping works fine. > But I get an error message if I establish a telnet session on > port 5900... > > Does anyone know what this problem is about? Could it be a > problem of my > provider (bluewin)? Once I changed the port (to 5937), but > still the same > problem. > > Thanks in advance for your suggestions. > > Patrick from Switzerland > _______________________________________________ > 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
