New To VNC - and lost

James Weatherall jnw "at" realvnc.com
Sun Sep 19 18:35:01 2004


The first thing to specify is whether or not you have a firewall enabled
(either on the host machine or elsewhere on your network, between the viewer
and server machines).

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of doug "at" ehteam.org
> Sent: 18 September 2004 18:56
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: New To VNC - and lost
> 
> 
> Hello:  I am very very new to using VNC and totally lost.  I 
> put the program
> on a host (server?) computer and set it to service mode.  
> Then I put the
> program on my own computer.  I am attempting to connect - but 
> nothing.  I am
> getting 'timed out' messages, 'can't find' messages, etc.  
> Would someone be
> willing to give me step by step (in plain english) 
> directions?  I know this
> can be a pain, teaching someone in plain step by step 
> methods, but this would
> be most appreciated.  Thank you.
> 
> Doug
> 
> You can reach me at: dougpiano "at" shaw.ca - or if you have time 
> for msn messenger
> - dougpiano6 "at" hotmail.com is my account with that.
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