VNC / Java through a Proxy / Firewall

[Jonathan Morton]

>Scott Bowden wrote:
>>
>> OK, I looked through the mailing list archives, but didn't find quite this
>> situation. I found some info, but didn't quite succeed.
>>
>> Here goes:
>>
>> I'm behind a HTTP proxy and a firewall. I did some portscanning, and I
>> know that ports 32790 and 32792 are open for TCP . So my plan was to use
>> 32790 for my VNC port, and 32792 as the http port for loading the java
>> applet.
>>
>> I tried this:
>>
>>   > ./vncserver :26890 -httpport 32792
>>
>> The purpose of this being to make it so that the HTTP runs on 32792 , and
>> the actual VNC runs on 32790 (26890 + 5900).
>>
>> I can access the system via http://ip:32792 , and I get the login
>> box. However, when I try to login, it sits for a minute or so, and then
>> gives me a 'java.net.NoRouteToHostException: Operation timed out'.
>>
>> So it looks like the HTTP port is working, but I'm not making it to the
>> VNC port. Am I missing something here? [Is the actual VNC UDP and not
>> TCP?]

If <display number> is more than 99, VNC uses <display number> as the raw
port number.  Replace your vncserver command line with the following:

./vncserver :32790 -httpport 32792

and it should start working.  Read the docs a little more closely next time  =)

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