Web test is OK but connection is refused.

Thu Dec 1 20:18:01 2005

Hello, may I assume this is the correct response for my problem too?
The router is a D-Link DSL-G604T with an upgraded firmware.

> James Weatherall jnw "at" realvnc.com 

> Thu Nov 10 12:17:06 2005
> It sounds like your wireless router doesn't allow connections from
within
> the LAN to it's own external IP address.  Your port forwarding setup
is
> clearly working correctly, since the test page can see your server.
You'll
> find that you can connect to your server from outside your LAN using
the
> external IP address, but you'll need to use the internal IP address to
> connect to it from within your LAN.
>
> You probably want to contact your router vendor for updated firmware
to
> address this (extremely common) bug in their kit.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.

So, should I expect it will run ok from other places?

Thanks in advance.

Saludos,

Juan Puyol

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Juan [mailto:j15149 "at" gmail.com] 
Enviado el: jueves, 01 de diciembre de 2005 20:50
Para: 'vnc-list "at" realvnc.com'
Asunto: Web test is OK but connection is refused.

Hi,

I have installed a just downloaded free VNC at home and I have
successfully accessed the server from a second PC in my home LAN (using
192.168.1.2 as target).  All the OSs are Win2K.

Then, I have opened the required ports of my ADSL router for the static
address 192.168.1.2.

The test at http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/nettest.cgi returns me the
following successful response:

> The IP address requesting this web page is 62.14.xxx.yyy 

> Connecting to port 5900 ... succeeded. 

> Waiting for server to send version string... 

> Found a server supporting protocol version 3.8. 

However, if I try to access the server from the very same second  PC
using now 62.14.xxx.yyy, I obtain a "unable to connect to host:
Connection refused (10061)".   Pinging 62.14.xxx.yyy is ok.

I have done all the tests with no software firewall active.

I'd appreciate any advice.

Saludos,

Juan Puyol