Standard Newbie Blues

[Scott C. Best]

Blaine:

 	Heya. Exactly what version of Windows are you running on
C1 and C2? As scott "at" smithdomain wrote, it sounds as if you've a
"personal firewall" of some sort (eg, the builtin on on WinXP-SP2,
Norton Internet Security, etc.) running on C1.

 	Also, when you "telnet C1 5900" from C2, you should see
some text which looks like "RFB 003.008" (once you've solved the
personal firewall issue of course).

 	Finally, here's some suggestions for setting up the port
forwarding correctly:

http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/fom-serve/cache/63.html

 	Hope that helps!

-Scott

> I have a router, I have the port forwarding set for my range to direct to
> the pc in question and I can not connect. Gotomyvnc.com also recognizes no
> open ports, so I assumed
> my port forwarding isn't working.
>
> Now, the curveball is this. I have two computers in my house (here to known
> as c1 and c2). C1 is my main machine. C2 is the family machine.
>
> I telneted to C1 (from itself) and the appropriate port so I know the
> server is listening (I assume), I tried to connect to C1 from C2 with no dice.
>
> However... I have no problem connecting to C2 from C1 - which incidentally
> only makes me crave producing a function vpn even more.
>
> Any thoughts on why I can connect in LAN from one computer to the other but
> not vice versa?
>
> Am I having server issues or router issues with regards to gotomyvnc.com,
> and what should I see if I were to telnet to the aforementioned port my
> server is listening on?
>
> Thanks in advance.