Win VNC Isn't working??? PLEASE HELP!

[thecaravanman]

Hi,

I am trying WinVNC for the first time and I'm not havin much luck with it. At the moment all i'm trying to do is connect to one pc to the other. I've turned off both firewalls and both the PC's are in my house, (2 phone lines) I keep getting "can't connect to server" errors. I have tried using the viewer and the Java option.

When I have got it working I intend to connect to my laptop which will be behind a router on adsl but at the moment they are only dial-up.

Thanks,
Matt

 

[thecaravanman]

Hi,

Any help is greatly recieverd

THanks,
Matt

 

[Bob Cerelli]

Since you are on a dial-up connection, you will need to keep changing the server's IP address that you are connecting to.

Can you give the specifics on what each computer's configuraton is.

 

[thecaravanman]

Hi,

Each computer is in my house, they are both on different dial up connections. I can go between them to make sure i am using the right IP address.

I have tried a couple of times now.

Also when I try to connect to my laptop that I left on ADSL it compues up with the same error.

All hlp is greatly appreciated

 

[coulterp]

You have a VNCserver running on one of the machines? And you're trying to use VNCviewer from the other to get thru? Right?

 

[thecaravanman]

Hi,

Yeah that's right

thanks,matt

 

[thecaravanman]

Hi,

It's working now.

Windows firewall was blocking it.

THanks anyway,

Matt

 

[Bob Cerelli]

From the first post I thought it was disabled. Which one was initially disabled and which one was just turned off.

 

[thecaravanman]

Sorry,

I meant that Zonealarm was disabled but I hadnt thought about Winodws firewall up to now!

Thanks,
Matt

 

[Bob Cerelli]

That one gets a lot of people. No sweat and glad you got it working.

 

[RandyG]

Just remember that when it comes to connecting to the laptop on adsl, you will need to make sure the port on the router is configured to forward the vnc request to the laptop.

Of course, if you've already connected, then never mind

 

[thecaravanman]

Hi,

THanks for all your help, havent got the router yet but I will try to make it work when I've got it!

Thanks,
Matt