On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Lee Allen wrote:
> oPr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > i'm having problems setting up vnc through 2 firewalls. Situation is:
> >
> > vnc-client (win98) - fw1 (linux) - WAN - fw2 (openbsd 2.9 beta) - vnc
> server (win98)
> >
> > port 5800 and port 5900 is forwarded to the vnc server on fw2.
> > When i start up vncviewer, and connect to the ip adres of fw2, it
> > connects, asks for password, which i give . and then a screen opens
> > "Please wait, initial screen loading". And there it hangs ..and gives a
> > connection reset by peer. Does anyone has a clue how to make this work?
>
> This looks right to me. I am successfully using a similar configuration.
> Some things to check (both pretty unlikely):
> NAT (ipmasq) 'time to live' parameter on fw1 (in the very unlikely case the
> masquerade is timing out)
> routes, default gateway, other IP parameters on vnc server (does it know how
> to reach vnc-client's IP address)
i sniffed the data on both lan's .. and they connect ... i can see data
from a port +- 1100 (client) to server (5900), and server (5900) to client
(same port as first connection + 1)
so it can't be the gateway or routing ...
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