From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GhCQN-0006gV-1m for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:54:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kA6LpeMI026480; Mon, 6 Nov 2006 21:51:40 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.171]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kA6Lmeb2023380 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2006 21:48:40 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z38so1130853ugc for ; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:48:37 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=ILGoGORIeYWy3ar5yZ3ob7TzzX+wzYwMFcwYH6ouSEqbUIhl0Vif7SvxH+UbkEi5JSWZv4O6X9kYDg85shJL67yuxQzLllQ6HpJJ8mdOfWOKV+wb6CX9j2dIFgQi7JAvZmV8X4zufHjMS2FyeB7rkN4agviy4kpnmy4/owflO7Q= Received: by 10.66.216.20 with SMTP id o20mr8052162ugg.1162849717200; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:48:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.5? ( [213.162.120.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id j33sm5035746ugc.2006.11.06.13.48.36; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:48:36 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Newbie stuck at starting gate Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 21:48:28 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2171319.PKqGecImrD"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200611062148.30205.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 0d3cc97f-07ed-4876-95a1-f418855bde5e X-Archives-Hash: 668296053a7e8ff38ea551b237cbee18 --nextPart2171319.PKqGecImrD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline This may be because you have not configured the firewall of your VNC server= =20 machine and, or you have not set up port forwarding on your router (if you= =20 connect to the Internet via a router). This is covered in the FAQs. If you are going to allow connections on your WinXP firewall, it is safer t= hat=20 you limit these to the IP address(es) of the machine on which the VNC viewe= r=20 is running. On Sunday 05 November 2006 19:59, Heather Howey wrote: > Hello listmates, > > Have downloaded the free viewer to my friend's machine, installed the > server program on my home computer, but cannot, from my friend's machine, > connect. > > Following the instructions on how to find the IP address of the server > machine, I got two. According to my ISP, one of them is static and one is > dynamic. But they won't tell me which is which. So, how can I know which > one to use in the VNC Viewer's dialog box to connect? > > Well, maybe that's not so important, because I've tried using both IP > numbers and neither one works. > > I just get error message "unable to connect to host. Connection refused > (10061)" > > Anyone out there who can see what I'm doing wrong? > > Grateful for tips, > > Heather > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2171319.PKqGecImrD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFT62u5Fp0QerLYPcRAn7lAKC3QXpMxtrVtRNwUikR6Knz2CE5XQCglN8M NA/jrwFaBAR9Nk1Df/0F0SE= =spae -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2171319.PKqGecImrD-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list