Perplexing connection issue revisited

Sun Jun 2 02:09:01 2002

Some of this doesn't quite make sense when added in with your prior information.
Let's drop the background info for a moment and let me ask this.

Can you directly telnet to port 5900 on W from H?

----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Meltzer" <zugzwang "at" swordmoon.com>
To: <vnc-list "at" realvnc.com>
Sent: Saturday, 2002-06-01 09:32
Subject: Perplexing connection issue revisited

> Thanks for the welcome.  I really hope I get to find a solution.  I did
> not rehash my original message at the bottom of this, but the
> machines in question are:
>
> H - my home machine
> B - machine on work network
> W - my work machine
>
> I would think, if there were a pathing issue, that H would not be
> able to connect to B OR W.  As it stands, H can connect to B just
> fine with VNC.  H cannot connect to W directly, but CAN connect
> to W by going through B first, i.e. connecting to the VNC server on
> B, then connecting to the VNC server on W through that VNC
> session.  It is mighty slow, but it works.
>
> I can ping both B and W from H when connected through the VPN.
> I have tried telnet to the relevant ports on B and W, and have never
> gotten anything back from either one.  I do not know if that is a red
> herring or if it is important.
>
> Thanks for any help/advice.  I am unable to dial directly into the
> VPN or work network from H at this time.  The DSL setup is all I
> have.
>
> -- Jonathan
>
> "Alex K. Angelopoulos" <alex "at" bittnet.com> wrote:
>
> >Welcome to the list, John!
>
> >This one is a little hard to call.  I am guessing you might even
> >have an issue with MTU size that erratically appears; since S2 is
> >coming through another path this would explain why it can
> >connect and you can't, and also explain the frenetic network
> >activity.
>
> >If you have alternate access such as another ISP or a direct dialin
> >to your work network that you can use at least once or twice, you
> >can try connecting over that.  The reason for this test is to  see
> >whether there is a path-based problem.
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