Thread: A couple more SSH / VNC questions
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2008-04-09 , 16:27
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Originally Posted by cmdowns View Post
Okay, I think I'm up and running with the whole enchilada now. I think Benson's recommendations regarding the settings on tightVNC
Hurray!

Originally Posted by cmdowns View Post
[...] indeed my router does block port 5900? Is there a more definitive way to determine if my router is or is not blocking port 5900?
Humm. When trying to connect directly to your XP, using your router IP, which display number are you specifying? Note that, in this case, you are willing to connect to port 5900, so the display number has to be :0

If you specified the display number :0, indeed, and the connection was not established, this is probably the effect of having specfied the option "Allow only loopback connections" (which means "Allow only connections coming from localhost"). We still cannot draw a conclusion about whether your router is blocking or not port 5900. Anyway, the fact is that nobody can directly connect to your VNC server, so in practical terms there is no difference: you are safe.

In order to definitely know if the router blocks the port 5900, you should uncheck the option "Allow only loopback connections", and try again this last test.
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