VNC Connection diffuciltiy

[B. Scott Smith]

It sounds like the troublesome PC has XP firewall enabled (although it 
doesn't explain the unable to resolve host error).
.
Elminster wrote:
> Hi,
> After looking through the FAQs and searching the mailing list, I have
> encountereda puzzling problem.
>
> I have installed RealVNC on all of my Computers at home without any
> difficulty. I have now encountered my first.
>
> My latest computer on the network (a WinXP laptop) Is able to remote control
> every other PC on the network, but no other PC is able to remote control it.
>
> I have never had difficulty setting this up before, the basic automatic
> default install and config normally works. None of my other PCs have any
> difficulty with 2 way remote control. All devices are behind the same router,
> some are wireless and some are not, but for some reason this little baby won't
> play ball.
>
> I can ping it by name and IP Address, but I keep getting a timeout error or an
> unable to resolve host by name error, whenever I try to remote control the
> machine from a viewer elsewhere in the house. When I use the troublesome PC to
> remote control another PC it is fine. The only way I can get another PC to
> remote control the problem machine is by initiating the connection from "add
> client" which brings up the remote control window on the desired PC.
>
> Not sure what is going wrong here, or what I'm missing. Can anyone help?
>
> regards elminster
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