RE: [MLUG] VNC

[Ashley Holloway <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Ok so what i have is that it can't be sure which port its going to use
right??  I mapped 5901 but that didn't work .. even when i use :1 ..
maybe i'm just missing something .. do i have to map more than that?
sorry if i seem dense .. 

ashley 

On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 09:30, EMAIL:PROTECTED wrote:
> "Q53 Which TCP/IP ports does VNC use? 
> A VNC server listens on two ports. The exact port 
> numbers depend on the VNC display number, because a 
> single machine may run multiple servers. The most 
> important one is 59xx, where xx is the display number. 
> The VNC protocol itself runs over this port. So for most 
> PC servers, the port will be 5900, because they use 
> display 0 by default.
> 
> In addition, VNC servers normally have a small and very 
> restricted web server built in, which allows you to 
> connect a browser to them and use the Java viewer. This 
> runs on port 58xx. Note that this is the HTTP port used 
> for downloading pages and applets, but once the applet 
> is running it uses 59xx for VNC just like any other 
> viewer. 
> 
> The servers can be changed to listen on other ports if, 
> for any reason, these are not suitable for you. See the 
> server's documentation for more details. Most of the 
> viewers, if given a display number larger than 99, will 
> interpret it as a direct port number and will not add 
> 5900. See also the next question.
> 
> If you are running a viewer in 'listening' mode, where 
> it accepts connections initiated by the server, it will 
> listen for incoming VNC on port 5500."
> 
> (http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/faq.html#q53)
> 
> 
> Also, if you're considering using VNC remotely, as-in, 
> non-LAN, check out TightVNC, it has a number of 
> interesting improvements that help overall preformance 
> and usability.
> 
> http://www.tightvnc.com/
> > VNC uses port 5800 or was it 58000, I am not sure, but it is one of the
> > two of those.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ashley Holloway
> > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 6:24 AM
> > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > Subject: [MLUG] VNC
> > 
> > 
> > I've installed mandrake 8.2 at work .. and made it a vnc server .. it
> > works in the lan but i can't get vnc to work to the outside ip .. i
> > attempted to map a route on our cisco, but i'm not sure how to be sure
> > what port vnc is going to use .. 
> > 
> > any ideas??
> > 
> > ashley 
> > 
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