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Steven Sheldon | 1 Jan 2009 03:47
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Problem connecting with tightvnc

I have installed the server and client on my machine, which is at my home behind a router.  I have opened a hole
in the router for port 5900 and 5800 TCP to my computer.

I have installed the server and client on my mother's machine, which is directly connected to the internet
with no router or firewall.  (Yes, I understand the problem here and am working to fix it).

I have gone to http://whatismyipaddress.com/ to get my IP address, and so has my mother.

If I am running the server, and she runs the viewer, she types in my address and she can connect to me and see my
screen fine.

But if SHE runs the server, and I run the client, I am unable to connect. I just get Status: connection
initiated, followed by "Failed to connect to server (IP address)".

Any ideas? 

I also tried a listening connection and it didn't work either.

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Ben Ng | 1 Jan 2009 04:51
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Re: Problem connecting with tightvnc

is your mom on vista?

for the listening connection, a reverse connection?, you need to have port 5500 opened.
you have listen loaded - your mom executes: winvnc.exe -connect <your_ip_address>

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----- Original Message ----
From: Steven Sheldon <forth_armoury <at> yahoo.com>
To: vnc-tight-list <at> lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:47:15 PM
Subject: Problem connecting with tightvnc

I have installed the server and client on my machine, which is at my home behind a router.  I have opened a hole
in the router for port 5900 and 5800 TCP to my computer.

I have installed the server and client on my mother's machine, which is directly connected to the internet
with no router or firewall.  (Yes, I understand the problem here and am working to fix it).

I have gone to http://whatismyipaddress.com/ to get my IP address, and so has my mother.

If I am running the server, and she runs the viewer, she types in my address and she can connect to me and see my
screen fine.

But if SHE runs the server, and I run the client, I am unable to connect. I just get Status: connection
initiated, followed by "Failed to connect to server (IP address)".

Any ideas?
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Steven Sheldon | 1 Jan 2009 16:28
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Re: Problem connecting with tightvnc

I solved the problem.

Turns out my Mom's ISP did have half a brain and they did not hook up her computer to a raw DSL modem but did have a
firewall upstream of the computer.  So the problem was of course, blocked ports.  What a disaster though
trying to walk her through changing the router settings?  Finally, after having her pour over the router
she was able to tell me the make and model number and I was able to google and figure out how to do port
forwarding on her router.  Prior to this we had spent hours with her trying to talk me through what she was
seeing and we were in the totally wrong place.

Finally I got her ports forwarded and now I have VNC access to her computer.

----- Original Message ----
From: Ben Ng <beng2beng <at> yahoo.com>
To: Steven Sheldon <forth_armoury <at> yahoo.com>; vnc-tight-list <at> lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:51:51 PM
Subject: Re: Problem connecting with tightvnc

is your mom on vista?

for the listening connection, a reverse connection?, you need to have port 5500 opened.
you have listen loaded - your mom executes: winvnc.exe -connect <your_ip_address>

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----- Original Message ----
From: Steven Sheldon <forth_armoury <at> yahoo.com>
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James@CRC | 2 Jan 2009 11:12

Domain Connection Problem

Hi There,

 

I have noticed with some of my network PCs that if I connect and logon to the local account it works fine but if I connect and logon to the domain account  I get the message connection closed and I cannot reconnect un less I log them off remotely.

 

Any Ideas?

 

 

 

  

Regards,

 

James Dobbin

ICT Assistant

Chain Reaction Cycles

Email: James.Dobbin <at> chainreactioncycles.com

Tel: +44(0)28 9334 5528

 

 

 

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Guido Giovanni | 4 Jan 2009 12:40
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Connect to VNC fine but, NO mouse/keyboard input accepted

                              I am running a Dell Dimension 2400 with XP Home Edition SP3. 1gb RAM and 2.2 GHz processor.

            I connect to my desired computer and am able to view the target computer just fine, with proper refesh rate as well, yet the remote mouse, and seemingly, remote keyboard do not respond/react with the target interface. What could I be doing incorrect?
            Some Ideas:
      1) It could be that I'm running it from a server and not a home computer and I'm missing a setting and/or driver?
      2) I have to open up a port somewhere in Windows Firewall?

           I have been able to successfully run TightVNC server on various other machines accessing them both from inside the home network and outside of it, both with the TightVNC Viewer and using HTTP protocol. I have managed to successfully configur multiple computers to be accessed from behind the same router ["...at long last!!!"]. I even encountered an issue with the mouse not mirroring and fixed it with the Mirage Mirror Driver. I originally assumed the mouse/keyboard input issue would again be solved by the Mirage Mirror Driver, but no luck.

What am I missing?

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Ben Ng | 4 Jan 2009 18:09
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Re: Connect to VNC fine but, NO mouse/keyboard input accepted

are you saying that when you connect to a host - keyboard and mouse does not function?

Is it possible that you are connecting to the host using the view-only password?
 
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From: Guido Giovanni <hombreguido <at> gmail.com>
To: vnc-tight-list <at> lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2009 6:40:56 AM
Subject: Connect to VNC fine but, NO mouse/keyboard input accepted

                              I am running a Dell Dimension 2400 with XP Home Edition SP3. 1gb RAM and 2.2 GHz processor.

            I connect to my desired computer and am able to view the target computer just fine, with proper refesh rate as well, yet the remote mouse, and seemingly, remote keyboard do not respond/react with the target interface. What could I be doing incorrect?
            Some Ideas:
      1) It could be that I'm running it from a server and not a home computer and I'm missing a setting and/or driver?
      2) I have to open up a port somewhere in Windows Firewall?

           I have been able to successfully run TightVNC server on various other machines accessing them both from inside the home network and outside of it, both with the TightVNC Viewer and using HTTP protocol. I have managed to successfully configur multiple computers to be accessed from behind the same router ["...at long last!!!"]. I even encountered an issue with the mouse not mirroring and fixed it with the Mirage Mirror Driver. I originally assumed the mouse/keyboard input issue would again be solved by the Mirage Mirror Driver, but no luck.

What am I missing?

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notlimah3 | 4 Jan 2009 18:24
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REMOVE I HAVE TAKEN THIS SOFTWARE OFF MY MACHINE AS I GOT NO HELP AND IT SUCKS

 
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Ng [mailto:beng2beng <at> yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 12:10 PM
To: Guido Giovanni; vnc-tight-list <at> lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Connect to VNC fine but, NO mouse/keyboard input accepted

are you saying that when you connect to a host - keyboard and mouse does not function?

Is it possible that you are connecting to the host using the view-only password?
 
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Ben Ng



From: Guido Giovanni <hombreguido <at> gmail.com>
To: vnc-tight-list <at> lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2009 6:40:56 AM
Subject: Connect to VNC fine but, NO mouse/keyboard input accepted

                              I am running a Dell Dimension 2400 with XP Home Edition SP3. 1gb RAM and 2.2 GHz processor.

            I connect to my desired computer and am able to view the target computer just fine, with proper refesh rate as well, yet the remote mouse, and seemingly, remote keyboard do not respond/react with the target interface. What could I be doing incorrect?
            Some Ideas:
      1) It could be that I'm running it from a server and not a home computer and I'm missing a setting and/or driver?
      2) I have to open up a port somewhere in Windows Firewall?

           I have been able to successfully run TightVNC server on various other machines accessing them both from inside the home network and outside of it, both with the TightVNC Viewer and using HTTP protocol. I have managed to successfully configur multiple computers to be accessed from behind the same router ["...at long last!!!"]. I even encountered an issue with the mouse not mirroring and fixed it with the Mirage Mirror Driver. I originally assumed the mouse/keyboard input issue would again be solved by the Mirage Mirror Driver, but no luck.

What am I missing?

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Gerard | 4 Jan 2009 19:05
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Re: REMOVE I HAVE TAKEN THIS SOFTWARE OFF MY MACHINE AS I GOT NO HELP AND IT SUCKS

On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 12:24:04 -0500
<notlimah3 <at> gmail.com> wrote:

[SNIP]

Very mature, replacing the existing 'SUBJECT' line with an
acknowledgment that the task is beyond your meager skills. Obviously,
you felt that others were to immediately stop what they were doing just
to assist you. Waiting at least 72 hours for a resolution is considered
normal. How long did you wait?

I had a few suggestions that I was going to present; however, since the
software "SUCKS" and you have all ready removed it, I will not waste
my time.

Good luck, you will need it! In the mean time, you might want to study
up on 'Posting Etiquette' and the use of 'plain text' as opposed to
HTML when posting to a mail forum.

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-- 
Gerard
gerard <at> seibercom.net

diplomacy, n: Lying in state.

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Gail_Cain | 4 Jan 2009 22:02

Gail Cain is out of the office.


I will be out of the office starting  12/19/2008 and will not return until
01/06/2009.

I will respond to your message when I return.

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Benjamin Evans | 5 Jan 2009 00:57
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RE: REMOVE I HAVE TAKEN THIS SOFTWARE OFF MY MACHINE AS I GOT NO HELP AND IT SUCKS

Gerard,
     great reply! Couldn't have said it better myself

Cheers, Ben



> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:05:52 -0500
> From: gerard <at> seibercom.net
> To: vnc-tight-list <at> lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: REMOVE I HAVE TAKEN THIS SOFTWARE OFF MY MACHINE AS I GOT NO HELP AND IT SUCKS
>
> On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 12:24:04 -0500
> <notlimah3 <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [SNIP]
>
> Very mature, replacing the existing 'SUBJECT' line with an
> acknowledgment that the task is beyond your meager skills. Obviously,
> you felt that others were to immediately stop what they were doing just
> to assist you. Waiting at least 72 hours for a resolution is considered
> normal. How long did you wait?
>
> I had a few suggestions that I was going to present; however, since the
> software "SUCKS" and you have all ready removed it, I will not waste
> my time.
>
> Good luck, you will need it! In the mean time, you might want to study
> up on 'Posting Etiquette' and the use of 'plain text' as opposed to
> HTML when posting to a mail forum.
>
> --
> Gerard
> gerard <at> seibercom.net
>
> diplomacy, n: Lying in state.

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