Failed to connect: connection refused (10061)

[Mick]

On Wednesday 16 May 2007 16:07, Jeff Hignett wrote:
> Mick,
>
> My Mac firewall is off completely. I specified the address as follows:
>
> jhignett-mac:~ jhignett$ telnet 172.16.233.13 5900
> Trying 172.16.233.13...
> Connected to 172.16.233.13.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> RFB 003.003

OK, this shows that the machine you telnet from connects fine and that there's
a VNC server running there.  I guess the VNC version is the old protocol.  I
am not familiar with the AppleMac VNC server.

> :Unable to open license file: No such file or directory (2)Connection
> : closed by foreign host.

This is a license issue or an incompatibility between the server version and
the viewer

>
> James,
>
> I double checked the IP and it is indeed the correct one. The VNC server is
> running as well.
>
> I also wanted to add, I can use ARD fine, which also uses port 5900. So im
> a little perplexed...

Make sure that no other application is using port 5900 otherwise you *will*
get connection problems and instability.
--
Regards,
Mick

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