"Failed to connect to server" message

[James Weatherall]

Ian,

It sounds like you're using an old version of VNC Viewer.  If you upgrade to
the latest release, VNC Viewer will provide a more descriptive error
messgage that will assist in diagnosing the problem.

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Ian Thorpe
> Sent: 04 April 2006 14:00
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: "Failed to connect to server" message
> 
> I have a PC behind a firewall router then I'm trying 
> (unsuccessfully!) to
> connect to.  I have set up the port forwarding and both
> http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/nettest.cgi and 
> http://www.gotomyvnc.com/ say
> that the (external) ip and port 5900 are accepting 
> connections and get a reply
> from the VNC server.  However telnet can't connect on that 
> port and the VNC
> viewer comes straight back with "Failed to connect to 
> server".   What am I
> doing wrong??
> 
> Ian
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