ECHOVNC -Re: Office to Home -- unable to connect to host:

Scott C. Best sbest "at" best.com
Sat Dec 15 16:37:01 2007


Thomas:

 	Hello! Sorry for the confusion: "demo2007" is just the
password to use to authenticate the EchoVNC connection to the
demo echoServer. It's *not* the password you set in your VNC
Server, to authenticate VNC Viewer connections. Two different
passwords. :)

cheers,
Scott

> Hi steve,
>
>  thanks to the answer.
>
>  But why should use the password "demo2007"? Can I use other one?
>
>
>  ******************
>  Previously Scott Best said to John:
>  John:
>      Heya. Please try this:
>  1. Download EchoVNC 2.31 and install it on the PC you want to
>   take remote control of (eg, your work PC). The startup Wizard
>   will automatically detect your RealVNC server and configure
>   itself to work with it correctly.
>  2. During the Startup Wizard process, login to the demo echoServer
>   at "demo.echovnc.com", password "demo2007". If your workplace
>   firewall doesn't allow that, try "demo.echovnc.com:443", same
>   password. The login name you use in this step is how you'll
>   connect to this PC in the future.
>  3. Download EchoVNC 2.31 and install it on the PC you want to
>   take remote control from (eg, your home PC). During the Startup
>   Wizard process, login to the same echoServer you chose in step
>   #2 above.
>  4. Start the Viewer. In the Options screen, tell EchoVNC to use
>   the RealVNC Viewer installed on your PC.
>      Once those steps are done...in the main GUI of the Viewer,
> use the little "search box" to type in the login name of your VNC
> Server, the one you connected with in step #2. Once you find it,
> just double click. Presto. :)
>      You can turn off all of your firewall adjustments, EchoVNC
> doesn't require any.
>  cheers,
> Scott
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/echovnc