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    HELP! VNC (Port Forwarding) Problem

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by J@CKY, Dec 13, 2008.

  1. J@CKY

    J@CKY Notebook Guru

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    Dear All,

    I'm using a wireless router at home connecting 3 laptops to the internet

    A is Vista Ultimate,
    B is WinXP Pro
    C is WinXP Home

    Only machine C is unable to be connected through Real VNC after port forwarding.
    3 machines are using 3 different ports

    A using 5903
    B using 5905
    C using 5900,
    all ports are forwarded correctly.

    even the Real VNC server mode test saying Connection Test Succeeded

    So i suspect that the computer's setting making the connection fail

    but have no idea where to check, pls help!!

    P.S. Windows Firewall has been turned off, no other Firewall Clients installed
     
    J@CKY, Dec 13, 2008
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  2. wlan_man

    wlan_man Notebook Consultant

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    The 3 machines have dedicated IP's for the forwarding to point to ?
     
    wlan_man, Dec 13, 2008
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    focusfre4k Notebook Evangelist

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    on each machine a b and c

    do the following

    open a command prompt. and type without the quotes "telnet localhost 5903"
    or whatever the port is. if it fails the service is failing to run. then troubleshoot it out a bit farther. open a command prompt and telnet computer a on the given port.(ie 5903)
    if it fails you have some issues. if it does not...its probably your router.
     
    focusfre4k, Dec 14, 2008
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