could not connect to VNC server

[James Weatherall]

Senthil,

It sounds like you're set your port forwarding to pass connections on port
5900 to the wrong local IP address (a non-existent one), or that you are
specifying the wrong IP address in VNC Viewer when trying to connect, or
that your server computer has a firewall enabled.

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Senthil Raja
> Sent: 19 February 2007 08:04
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: could not connect to VNC server
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am new to VNC server. I installed the VNC server on my PC 
> using a home
> router.
> Hence I enabled port forwarding for port 5900 on my router and started
> my VNC server.
> Then I tested my server using nettest.cgi and found the
> following message.
> 
> =======================================================
> The IP address requesting this web page is 70.143.85.253 (REMOTE_ADDR)
> Connecting to port 5900 ... succeeded. 
> 
> Waiting for server to send version
> string... 
> =======================================================
> 
> After
> "waiting for server" it doesn't find any server on my system.
> Similarly I get
> an error when I try to connect my server using vnc viewer.
> Is there any issue
> with my server setting?
> Please help me to resolve this issue.
> 
> Thank you.
> VSR
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