Unable to connect to host (10061)

[Jana Nguyen]

Hi Wez,

We using ssh to tunnel VNC traffic.  On the VNC server, I do:

vncserver -localhost

On the VNC viewer, I do the ssh tunneling via cygwin:

ssh -L 5902:localhost:5901 <vnc server ip>

Then I launch the VNC viewer and enter at the server prompt:
<vnc server hostname>:1

I then get connection error.

Thanks,
Jana

On 4/11/06, James Weatherall <jnw "at" realvnc.com> wrote:
> Hi Jana,
>
> Why have you restricted your VNC Server to only accept connections from the
> local machine?
>
> Regards,
>
> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com
> > [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Jana Nguyen
> > Sent: 10 April 2006 23:01
> > To: Andrey Vul
> > Cc: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> > Subject: Re: Unable to connect to host (10061)
> >
> > 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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