VNC using PUTTY SSH tunnel

[Daniel Rigden]

Dear Edward

There are step-by-step instructions on using Putty with VNC on this very
useful webpage

http://nodivisions.com/tech/vnc/

This way works well for me.

Daniel

On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 12:00 +0100, vnc-list-request "at" realvnc.com wrote:
> I am trying to reach a VNC server running on an AIX5.3 host at home
> ( I
> tried to a Solaris 8 host at home with the same results).  They are
> behind a DLINK cable router.
> 
> I have port forwarding set for port 9999 --> 5901 and have started the
> server with "vncserver :1".   The "netstat -an" confirms the process
> is
> listening on 5801 for HTTP requests and 5901 for vncviewer requests.
> 
> I can successfully connect with vncviewer going to "hostname:9999"
> when
> it is not using an SSH tunnel.
> 
> I have port forwarding set for port 8888 --> 22 for ssh.  I can
> successfully connect with ssh using "ssh -p 8888 hostname" from a
> command line or from a PUTTY session going to port 8888.
> 
> I have created a putty entry with the same ssh parameters and then
> under
> SSH tunnels I have created an entry with source port 5901 (local) and
> destination "hostname:5901" since the SSH tunnel should hide the port
> forwarding of 9999 --> 5901.   I get the normal SSH prompt for userid
> and password.  I then try and start the vncviewer and connect to
> localhost:1 or 127.0.0.1:1 and get a message "The connection closed
> unexpectedly.  Do you wish to attempt to reconnect to ...:".
> 
> I have read through the FAQ's and did some Google searches but can not
> find a problem that matches.  Am I missing something completely
> obvious
> ?
> 
> What gets me is that I set up a VNC connections successfully with the
> same PC and a local UNIX server with no problem.
> 
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
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