VNC crashing servers?

[Randy Hiebert]

On more than one occasion now, when i dial into the office (RAS server
is a Dell 4100 running NT 4.0) from home (using win 98), i find VNC
crashes the server after a few minutes.  

Basically, a few minutes after establishing a VNC connection, my VNC
window will suddenly close.  Then i notice i no longer have a TCP/IP
connection (though the phone has not hung up).  I disconnect and try to
dial in again, except this time the server doesn't answer the phone.  I
get in my car and drive down to the office to check out the server and
it's locked, requiring a hard reboot.  This situation ONLY occurs when
VNC is used to control a machine on the network over dialup.  It works
fine when used locally on the LAN.

Anyone have any ideas?

Randy Hiebert - Network Analyst


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