Can't Connect to VNC Server Personal Edition

[Stephen Watkins]

I am struggling to get VNC Server working I've tried everything I can think
of.

 

I am using the current versions of Personal Edition 4.1.2 VNC viewer and
server.  I purchased one license for the server.  Server is installed on a
WinXP SP2 box with Norton Internet Security and an Actiontec DSL router.  I
configured the Server to run in User Mode and I can telnet into 5900 and get
the RFB message back.  I setup the router to allow port forwarding on the
local IP number port 5900.  I cannot connect to the WAN IP number of the
Server machine using VNC Viewer.  I can't even ping that address at all from
my viewer machine.  My viewer machine is also WinXP with SP2 and a Linksys
router.

 

I've tried a number of things to get it to work and nothing helps.  I turned
off the WinXP firewall.  I set the router firewall to basic which is just
NAT only.  I turned off all the various features of Norton Internet
Security.  I switched from service mode to user mode for the VNC server.  I
tried configuring the router in DMZ mode.  I've read through this list for
September.

 

Any other ideas?  Thank you very much.

 

Stephen Watkins

The Walt Disney Studios

Burbank, California

swatkins02 "at" earthlink.net