Ben, The response from the nettest script suggests that you are running a legacy VNC server. The first thing to try is therefore to upgrade to the latest release.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Organ > Sent: 10 October 2005 19:30 > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: VNC Connection Problems - Connection refused (10061) > > I am trying to set VNC up to work behind a router and > firewall. I have > forwarded ports 5500 5800 and 5900 to 192.168.2.21 (my fixed > IP on the > LAN) and opened these ports in the firewall. > > They show as open when running a port scan. Windows firewall is also > configured to let VNC work. I can connect from my own machine or from > another machine on the network by accessing 192.168.2.21. > > However, when I try and connect using my Internet IP address or my > DynDns address it says "unable to connect to host: Connection refused > (10061)". I've had a look through the FAQ and can't seem to find any > solutions. Don't particularly wanna use packet echoing.. > > When running the test at http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/nettest.cgi I > get the following: > > The IP address requesting this web page is 87.80.246.36 > > Connecting to port 5900 ... succeeded. > > Waiting for server to send version string... > > Not sure what kind of server... > > > > Any ideas guys? > > > Cheers > > Ben > _______________________________________________ > 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
