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2010-02-18
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first of all, thanks for this post. i asked this question on the Discussions.europe nokia forums and was pointed over here.
I've followed everything including registering dns and enabling port forwarding on my router. the test communication to vnc works.
however, the address in the systray is still localhost (i.e. local ip) and when i fire up vnc on n900 it says either "connection failed" or "Could not connect to server"
So what am i doing incorrectly.
I've followed everything including registering dns and enabling port forwarding on my router. the test communication to vnc works.
however, the address in the systray is still localhost (i.e. local ip) and when i fire up vnc on n900 it says either "connection failed" or "Could not connect to server"
So what am i doing incorrectly.
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2010-02-19
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Originally Posted by Blackbagz
Which VNC server are you using? And is there any option in the VNC configuration to set what interfaces to listen on?
first of all, thanks for this post. i asked this question on the Discussions.europe nokia forums and was pointed over here.
I've followed everything including registering dns and enabling port forwarding on my router. the test communication to vnc works.
however, the address in the systray is still localhost (i.e. local ip) and when i fire up vnc on n900 it says either "connection failed" or "Could not connect to server"
So what am i doing incorrectly.
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2010-02-19
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Originally Posted by Rob1n
i've installed vnc server enterprise edition e4.5.1 (r27892).
Which VNC server are you using? And is there any option in the VNC configuration to set what interfaces to listen on?
i followed the instructions posted to set vnc to approve connections. but other than that, i don't know what other options to 'listen on'
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2010-02-19
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Originally Posted by Blackbagz
Okay, so when you mouse over the icon, it shows only 127.0.0.1 as the listening address? Or do you mean it shows only the internal network IP address?
i've installed vnc server enterprise edition e4.5.1 (r27892).
i followed the instructions posted to set vnc to approve connections. but other than that, i don't know what other options to 'listen on'
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2010-02-19
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It shows the internal network IP address (DHCP assigned to pc)
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2010-02-19
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Originally Posted by Blackbagz
Okay, that's normal then - VNC can only actually listen on the local interfaces. So the next thing to track down is where the connection is failing when going externally.
It shows the internal network IP address (DHCP assigned to pc)
Start by checking that the dynamic IP address is correct - from your PC, browse to http://www.whatismyip.com/, and check that the IP given matches the results from running "nslookup host.dyndns.org" in a cmd window on your PC (substituting your dynamic DNS name).
The next step (if possible) is to check whether you can VNC into your PC from another computer on the same network.
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2010-02-19
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#38
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When i run the cmd prompt it goes:
Server: unknown
Address: address of router
Non-authoritativ answer:
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds
Name: my dyndns
Address: assigned external ip address
so the answer to dynamic ip being the same as dyndns is yes they are both the same. this means i'll need to install vnc server on another machine then. will try that.
Server: unknown
Address: address of router
Non-authoritativ answer:
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds
Name: my dyndns
Address: assigned external ip address
so the answer to dynamic ip being the same as dyndns is yes they are both the same. this means i'll need to install vnc server on another machine then. will try that.
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2010-02-19
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Originally Posted by Blackbagz
You just need the viewer - it's a single executable.
this means i'll need to install vnc server on another machine then. will try that.
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2010-02-19
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Originally Posted by Swirnoff
Well, VNC is unencrypted unless you use the enterprise version of realvnc, or another vnc server that supports encryption. I suggest if you are concerned about it, you tunnel the connection over SSH. Or use a vnc server that support encryption. I don't believe this client supports encrypted logins however, so your only option is likely to use ssh.
how secure is the login?
in other words how safe is it to use VNC over a public wifi without fearing someone 'sniffing' for passwords?
it's been a while since i used it under windows...
"What we perceive is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning."
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