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On 11/6/06, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> This may be because you have not configured the firewall of your VNC server |
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> machine and, or you have not set up port forwarding on your router (if you |
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> connect to the Internet via a router). |
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> This is covered in the FAQs. |
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> If you are going to allow connections on your WinXP firewall, it is safer that |
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> you limit these to the IP address(es) of the machine on which the VNC viewer |
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> is running. |
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> On Sunday 05 November 2006 19:59, Heather Howey wrote: |
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> > Hello listmates, |
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> > |
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> > Have downloaded the free viewer to my friend's machine, installed the |
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> > server program on my home computer, but cannot, from my friend's machine, |
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> > connect. |
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> > Following the instructions on how to find the IP address of the server |
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> > machine, I got two. According to my ISP, one of them is static and one is |
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> > dynamic. But they won't tell me which is which. So, how can I know which |
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> > one to use in the VNC Viewer's dialog box to connect? |
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> > Well, maybe that's not so important, because I've tried using both IP |
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> > numbers and neither one works. |
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> > |
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> > I just get error message "unable to connect to host. Connection refused |
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> > (10061)" |
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> > |
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> > Anyone out there who can see what I'm doing wrong? |
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> > |
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> > Grateful for tips, |
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> > |
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> > Heather |
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Looks like you got the wrong list, and please don't top post. |
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Michael E. Crute |
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http://mike.crute.org |
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God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. |
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Right now I am so far behind that I will never die. --Bill Watterson |
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