Roberto, As was stated below, first try to connect two PCs on the same network connected to your router. See if that works. Let us know the processes and setup you performed and if there is an error message.
It is likely related to the workgroup used or submask or a firewall setting either in the PC or router. So on the PC turn off firewall and antivirus. Step through pinging the net card 127.0.0.1 and the router gateway (as listed in ipconfig) and then ping yahoo.com. Aslo check to see that you are getting on the internet using the WXP browser (probably are). Use this web site as a guide to test network connectivity. http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10168_7-5659894-1.html Once the two PCs are working internally on the same network, you may have solved your problem. Try with the iPod. If the connection to the iPod fails, try connecting to a PC over the internet and see if you can get that working. Please let me know what you find as you step through each part of the process. Dale Eshelman Kansas City, MO --- On Tue, 4/14/09, Pascal Rottier <pascal.rott...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Pascal Rottier <pascal.rott...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Unable to connect to VNC To: "Roberto Meza" <roberto_mez...@hotmail.com> Cc: james.weather...@realvnc.com, vnc-list@realvnc.com Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 5:33 PM Roberto, I feel your pain. Tracking down networking problems is torture. But usually, once you've solved the problem, you've learned so much more. Instead on focusing on what doesn't work, try to focus on what does. That will help you narrow down the possibilities. For example, can you connect to your PC from within your private network? If that works, try to connect to it through the internet, but using a regular PC instead of your iPod. If connecting from within your private network doesn't work, try something more basic. Can you ping the IP address? Can you connect the VNC server using a VNC client running on the same machine. The effect will be funny. You will get window inside window inside window etc. etc. But at least you know it works. Good luck Pascal Rottier On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Roberto Meza <roberto_mez...@hotmail.com>wrote: > Dear James: > > > > As I said in my first message I disabled completely the firewall so it's > not a > firewall problem. > > > > I'm using the correct IP address. > > > > Whenever I try to connect to my home's PC (VNC Negotiation) I immediately > get > the message "Host has closed the sesion". > > > > Please help. > > > > Thanks, > > Roberto > > > > From: j...@realvnc.com > To: roberto_mez...@hotmail.com; james.weather...@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: Unable to connect to VNC > Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:57:26 +0100 > > > > > > Hi Robert, > > It s best to use Reply-to-All with the mailing list, to cause it to be CC d > so > that others can see your replies to posts. > > The Connection timed out means one of two things: > > 1. The system you are trying to connect to has a firewall enabled. > 2. The IP address you are trying to connect to does not correspond to > the system you are trying to connect to. > > The most obvious candidate to check is the Windows Firewall on the server > computer. > > Regards, > > -- > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > > > > > > From: Roberto Meza [mailto:roberto_mez...@hotmail.com] > Sent: 11 April 2009 18:27 > To: james.weather...@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: Unable to connect to VNC > > Dear James: > > Sorry for the vague email. > > What I meant is that I used to connect to my home's PC from my iPod touch's > VNC Lite application with no problems but after formatting my hard disk > drive > and installed a fresh copy of Windows XP I no longer can. > > I have been struggling with this issue for several weeks and I have > exhausted > all possibilities (I think) and don't know what else to try. > > I'm using VNC Server Free Edition version 4.1.3 and Windows XP Professional > Service Pack 3. > > This is what I have tried so far with no success: > > - Configured my 2Wire's 2701HG-T port forwarding. Both TCP and UDP ports > 5500,5800 and 5900. This 2Wire router (2701HG-T) always forwards incoming > packets to my home's PC private IP address (192.168.x.xx). > > - Did everything from http://www.realvnc.com/support/portforward.html with > no > success. > > - Did everything from > > http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/2wire/2701HG-T/Rea > lVNC.htm<http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/2wire/270 1HG-T/Rea%0AlVNC.htm>with no success. > > - Page http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/nettest.cgi shows: > > "The IP address requesting this web page is 189.xxx.xxx.xxx (REMOTE_ADDR) > (I > think this is an external IP address). > > Connecting to port 5900 ... failed: connection timed out" > > - Disabled both Windows XP Pro and 2Wire's router firewalls. Didn't make > any > difference. > > - Tried to connect to my home's PC from my iPod touch VNC Lite app using > both > the private and public IP addresses. Didn't make a difference. > > Please help. > > Thanks, > Roberto > > > > > From: j...@realvnc.com > > To: roberto_mez...@hotmail.com; vnc-list@realvnc.com > > Subject: RE: Unable to connect to VNC > > Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:46:45 +0100 > > > > Roberto, > > > > What do you mean by "I no longer can"? Is there an error message you're > getting, or some specific behaviour you're seeing? > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: vnc-list-ad...@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-ad...@realvnc.com] > On > > > Behalf Of Roberto Meza > > > Sent: 09 April 2009 23:01 > > > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > > > Subject: Unable to connect to VNC > > > > > > Hello: > > > > > > > > > > > > I used to connect to my home PC from my iPod touch with no problems > > > using > > > RealVNC but after I reinstalled XP I no longer can. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm using RealVNC free edition. > > > > > > > > > > > > I exhausted all possibilities and can't find the problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > I disabled Windows Firewall and used my router's port forwarding (2Wire > > > 2701HG-T) ,disabled my router's firewall and did the following steps > > > http://www.realvnc.com/support/portforward.html with no help. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you think of anything that I may be missing? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Roberto > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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
