Error: 10061 whenever I change the connection port from defau lt

[John Aldrich]

Question: Why change the ports that VNC accepts connections on? You can set
it up in your router so that port 5900 goes to machine #1's port 5900 , and
port 5901 goes to machine #2's port 5900. Or you can set your router to
forward ports 5600-5700 to machine #1's port 5800 to 5900, and ports 5800 to
5900 to machine #2's 5800 to 5900. You don't HAVE to change the default
ports on the machines, just reconfigure the router.
	John

-----Original Message-----
From: Casey Diercks [mailto:CDiercks "at" indy.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 10:51 PM
To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
Subject: Error: 10061 whenever I change the connection port from default


I have VNC set up on two computers on the same network.  One is a Windows
2000 machine, and the other is an XP Pro machine.  When I install VNC on
both and use them with their default settings everything works fine.  The
problem is that I want to be able to access both from outside the network,
so I have to change the incoming connection port on at least one of them.
But whenever I change either of the ports in the Connections tab, the server
will no longer accept incoming connections.  I get error Connection Refused:
10061.  What's going on here?  I read on the FAQs that you can change either
of the ports to suit your needs.  I have my router set to forward incoming
connections between ports 5600 to 5700 to machine one, and between ports
5800 to 5900 to machine two.  I haven't changed any other settings from
their default.
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