Connection Refused

[James Weatherall]

Jim,

Many modern routers don't handle loop-back connections from machines within
the LAN to other systems within the same LAN via forwarded ports.

What it sounds like you're seeing, though, is that your VNC Server is
listening for connections on one port, but your router is forwarding
connections to a different port, or even to a different computer.

Regards,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Jim RabidWolf
> Sent: 24 April 2006 20:35
> To: John Aldrich; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Re: Connection Refused
> 
> I think the thing that bothers me the most is that it worked 
> for nearly two
> months and THEN just died. I'm wondering if there wasn't one 
> of the latest
> updates from Microsoft that killed it. No software other than 
> updates has
> been added or installed in that time - this machine is pretty 
> much dedicated
> to getting info from home at my office.
> 
> Before, I could make a connection inside the home network 
> using the "local"
> IP and also the homedns.org url. Now, I can make only the "local"
> connection - that still works. I even tried from the machine 
> itslef - pretty
> wild when you connect to yourself - stacks up browser windows 
> like crazy -
> like aiming a video camera at a mirror.
> 
> Jim
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Aldrich" <JAldrich "at" covista.com>
> To: "'Jim RabidWolf'" <unclerabid "at" charter.net>; <vnc-list "at" realvnc.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 2:24 PM
> Subject: RE: Connection Refused
> 
> 
> vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com wrote on Monday, April 24, 2006 2:52 PM:
> 
> > Ok, I just had the better half go to the RealVNC website
> > and
> > the test page -
> > even though the server is set for ports 5900 and 5800
> > (Java) - it FAILS.
> >
> > So, this has to be what the problem is... but how do you
> > fix
> > THAT? Under
> > UNIX, I'd have a good idea what to do, but on Win2K, I've
> > no idea.
> >
> What router do you have at home? Any sort of firewall 
> software? Have your
> better half look in the system tray at the VNC icon. Hold the 
> mouse cursor
> over it and make sure it does NOT say "not accepting connections."
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