Strange problem with WinVNC 3.3.3r2

[Illtud Daniel]

Ufuk Kayserilioglu wrote:

> 2) After typing vncviewer kayseri:0 nothing happens while, I think, the
> cliient is trying to connect to port 5900 with no luck.. and afterwards I
> get a connection failed message....
> 
> In actual fact, I cannot seem to connect to either of the ports 5800 or 5900
> on kayseri from any machine...
> 
> The strange thing is that I can connect to those ports on kayseri as
> localhost...

Sounds to me as if your ISP is blocking incoming connections to
certain ports within their network (or in the customer range of
their network). I'd ask them. Have you tried to telnet to those
ports from 'outside'?

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Illtud Daniel                                 illtud.daniel "at" llgc.org.uk
Uwch Ddadansoddwr Systemau                       Senior Systems Analyst
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru                  National Library of Wales
Yn siarad drosof fy hun, nid LlGC   -  Speaking personally, not for NLW

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