Failed to connect to server: VNC + VPN

[sean.zhang@verizon.com]

Scott,

Thanks for the suggestion.  But I don't have any settings like that.

I suspect the VPN is blocking the VNC to access the server.  Is there any 
way to find out if VPN is blocking it?

Thanks,

Sean Zhang






"Scott C. Best" <sbest@best.com>
09/30/2003 03:08 PM

 
        To:     vnc-list@realvnc.com
        cc:     sean.zhang@vol.verizon.com
        Subject:        Re: Failed to connect to server:  VNC + VPN


Sean:
                 Heya. Is it possible that the target VNC Server
is running with an AuthHosts setting? That is, it may be
setup to restrict connections from anything with an IP
address in a limited range; when you dialup you may be
given an address in this range.

                 You'll need to look in the VNC registry keys
to know for sure. Good luck!

-Scott

> I have VNC server installed on my machine at work and VNC viewer 
installed
> on my machine at home.
>
> Through company dialup, I'm able to connect the viewer to the server and
> everything works fine.
>
> But when I use a regular dialup ISP with company VPN  (Nortel Contivity
> VPN), I can ping my machine at work and when I launch the view, I got a
> popup box saying 'Failed to connect to server'.
>
> Can someone help me to figure out how to connect under VPN?  Why I can
> ping the machine but cannot use VNC to connect?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean Zhang