Sign on problem

[James Weatherall]

Travis,

I don't understand your comment on closing the Command Prompt and starting
VNC.  Can you explain what you're actually doing?

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Travis Anderegg - MSN
> Sent: 12 September 2005 19:24
> To: John Aldrich; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: RE: Sign on problem
> 
> When I do telnet it comes back with RFB 003.003, then sits 
> for awhile, and
> then displays Connection to host lost...
> 
> What does that mean?
> 
> If I close out my Command Prompt window and start VNC it 
> works fine when I
> get this message on Telnet. When I check in the application 
> log and the
> system log no messages are displayed from the Telnet session.
> 
> Any more ideas?
> 
> Travis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Aldrich [mailto:JAldrich "at" covista.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 1:20 PM
> To: 'Travis Anderegg - MSN'; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: RE: Sign on problem
> 
> 
> It *sounds* like VNC is not running in service mode. Next 
> time this happens,
> try telnetting on port 5900 to the machine and see if you get 
> the RFB text.
> If you don't, then VNC is probably not running in service 
> mode and you just
> need to re-install the service portion. If you *do* get that 
> text, then
> there's something else wrong.
> 
> On the off chance that's not it, what sort of response do you 
> get when you
> attempt to log in? Is it just a timeout error or does it say 
> "connection
> refused" or what? Also, any log entries on the Win2k server?
> 	John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com]On
> Behalf Of Travis Anderegg - MSN
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 12:27 PM
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Sign on problem
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I have a problem logging onto a Windows 2000 webserver that has VNC
> installed. When I am out in the field I will often use VNC 
> and my laptop to
> log onto the webserver to troubleshoot things. For some 
> reason a problem has
> come up where I can not connect to the webserver using VNC IF 
> the webserver
> had not already logged onto. So for example if there is a 
> long power outage
> and the webserver reboots inself and it comes to the Windows 
> 2000 log on
> screen, I can not use VNC, it will not connect. If someone 
> locally signs
> onto the Windows 2000 webserver and the webserver returns to 
> the Log on
> screen, then VNC works ok.
> 
> I want it to always work on the sign on screen after a 
> reboot. It's a pain
> to put in service call to have someone go to faciliti to sign 
> on each time
> after a reboot.
> 
> It worked ok until I installed a Linksys wirless hub. In the 
> installation I
> blocked all ports except those used by the website and the 
> VNC program for
> security purposes.
> 
> Any know what the problem might be?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Travis
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