Greg, It's possible that the firewall settings for the dial-up connection differ from those for the LAN, such that connections within the LAN work, while connections via the dial-up won't. It's also possible that the ISP is doing some firewalling of their own.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg > Sent: 12 October 2005 03:07 > Cc: 'vnclist' > Subject: Re: Trying to connect to dial-up PC from DSL PC > > Wez, > > Thanks for your reply. I have not enabled the windows > firewall on host B. > > Let me give you more background on this setup. Both PC's are in the > same room at the moment. "B" is about > To be delivered to a retail shop. > > During testing, I first had both PC's connected to the same > switch. Ran > viewer on "A" and was able to connect to and run "B" with no > problem. > > Next I disconnected "B" from the switch and invoked its DUN > connection > to the ISP. (This is how I'll have to really connect to "B") > > I got "B" 's IP address, turned to "A" and pinged "B" successfully. > Then I tried to run the viewer from "A" to "B". Result: timeout. > > Since I can connect when "A" and "B" are on the same network, > that would > indicate that it's not a firewall problem. > > Cheers, > > Greg > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* "James Weatherall" > *To:* "'Greg'" <beyerg "at" bellsouth.net>, "'vnclist'" > <vnc-list@realvnc.com> > *Sent:* Monday, October 10, 2005 6:42:08 AM > *Subject:* Trying to connect to dial-up PC from DSL PC > > > > Greg, > > > > This sounds like you haven't enabled winvnc4.exe as an > exception in Windows > > Firewall, so Windows Firewall is causing the connection to > be ignored. > > > > Regards, > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg > >> Sent: 09 October 2005 23:26 > >> To: vnclist > >> Subject: Trying to connect to dial-up PC from DSL PC > >> > >> I have been all through the docs and archives and I don't find a > >> solution to my problem. Would appreciate some help. > >> > >> I have ver 4.1 installed. I am running viewer on a Win2K > >> host, which > >> is on DSL (Host A) > >> > >> The remote machine is an XP home, on dial-up. (Host B) > >> > >> When I execute a dial-up on host B, the ipconfig it piped to > >> a file and > >> e-mailed to me so I know its current IP address. > >> > >> I am able to ping host B from A with 150ms average ping time. > >> > >> I get a "connection timed out 10060" out when trying to > >> connect using > >> the VNCviewer. > >> > >> In case tight VNC is faster, I tried it, too. tightVNC gave > >> me "failed > >> to connect to server" > >> > >> I'll try any suggestions. > >> > >> Thank you. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
