Troubleshooting second connection

[Michael Rosen]

I tried it and it didn't work.  I'm testing on the other computer by
connecting to "localhost:6900".


On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 22:38:06 -0500, Michael Rosen <mrosen "at" gmail.com> wrote:
> Can I do that?  I thought multiple connections had to be 5900+X?  So,
> when I connect it would be "host:1".  If I did as you say, would I
> just specify the hole port as "host:6900"?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> 
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 11:44:31 +0900, Brian <brianbreedlove "at" hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Michael,
> >
> > Try changing the ports so that there is a larger separation... In other
> > words, try 5900 and 6900.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Rosen" <mrosen "at" gmail.com>
> > To: <vnc-list "at" realvnc.com>
> > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 11:29 AM
> > Subject: Troubleshooting second connection
> >
> > >I currently have a VNC server running on my first computer listening
> > > on port 5900.  I set up a new computer, installed VNC, configured it
> > > to listen on port 5901, duplicated the router port forwarding for the
> > > new port and the new IP, and enabled the port in the McAfee firewall.
> > > But when I try to connect to the second computer I get "unable to
> > > connect to host: Connection refused (10061)."
> > >
> > > Disabling the McAfee firewall does nothing either.  I even get the
> > > same error if I shut the other computer down.  I can't figure out what
> > > could be wrong.
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike
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