Unable to connect to host (10061)

[Jana Nguyen]

Thanks for the prompt response.

I have VNC server to listen to 127.0.0.1 which is the loopback
interface only and not the public interface.  Do I need to have the
VNC listen to the public interface as well, if so how?

[root "at" deep]# netstat -a
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign Address
     Stat
      e
tcp        0      0 *:32770                     *:*
     LIST
      EN
tcp        0      0 deep:5801            *:*
     LIST
      EN
tcp        0      0 deep:5901            *:*
     LIST

On 4/10/06, Andrey Vul <andrey.vul "at" gmail.com> wrote:
> Error means that the remote port on the machine is closed. Try
> port-forwarding your router and configuring your firewall. I assume you
> have a NAT router (private ip is 192.168.*.*).
> What router are you using, what firewall (for iptables, google "iptables
> port forwarding" (without quotes), others I need to know what firewall
> you have). If you don't use ftpd, set vnc to port 21 (ftp)
>
>
> Jana Nguyen wrote:
> > I tried to connect to the vnc server (running on rh linux) from the
> > vnc viewer (running on windows xp), but I get an error:
> >
> > Unable to connect to host: connection refused(10061).  Which network
> > am I making it listening to, the private or public?
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