Unexpectedly terminated - would you like to try again?

[Alex Pelts]

You know that when you tunneling you actually have to connect to the 
localhost instead of remote machine?

What is exact procedure that you follow when you tunneling?

Regards,
Alex


Mick wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Perhaps this has been answered before, but I couldn't find the answer
> in the ML.  I am unable to connect to a WinXP VNC server box on my
> LAN, from a second WinXP box.  This problem occurs *only* when I
> select "connect to local ports only" to stop it listening to ports on
> the Internet.  I am tunnelling this VNC connection through ssh
> (copssh).  No problem connecting to the VNC server from a Linux box
> (also on the LAN, also tunnelling through ssh).
> 
> The error that comes up on the WinXP VNC viewer is something like "the
> connection was unexpectedly terminated, would you like to try again".
> Telnet-ing through the forwarded port
> similarly fails - the telnet session hangs waiting for a response from
> the server.  As soon as I deselect the "connect to local ports only"
> the WinXP VNC viewer (and telnet session) can connect happily again to
> the VNC server.  Is this a WinXP bug?  Is there a work around?
> 
> I am going to move the server box to my father in law's and would
> rather solve this problem while it's still with me.  Thank you in
> advance for any ideas.