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 1GhDK4-0002Tu-LZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:52:09 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kA6MmLJr020972; Mon, 6 Nov 2006 22:48:21 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kA6Mjetf023479 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2006 22:45:40 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x30so2758078nfb for ; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:45:40 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=cAniU+HtUU5lmBpdsYQ0Zc9cIGT9IbqtE6YQtLJKnRGGTUy2PowJunLFpZH+iXk4/F5wOk6FGOkbyOly0fAjZAXQwitIKB+TsdtzF3CDprAlF2KFCDqvchSDwDMZZHvoxqO78HiQeE2WxaQcaDynRDZZYzaovNJ917lViej/GEk= Received: by 10.82.120.15 with SMTP id s15mr1397763buc.1162853140277; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:45:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.163.14 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Nov 2006 14:45:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <558b73fb0611061445o4f5db025gc1554543481baf03@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 17:45:40 -0500 From: "Michael Crute" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Newbie stuck at starting gate In-Reply-To: <200611062148.30205.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> 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: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200611062148.30205.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 6c224f14-6204-4601-8363-06683f4a7c74 X-Archives-Hash: f4168282d9e024e711c9919d020f8ee6 On 11/6/06, Mick wrote: > This may be because you have not configured the firewall of your VNC server > machine and, or you have not set up port forwarding on your router (if you > 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 that > you limit these to the IP address(es) of the machine on which the VNC viewer > 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 Looks like you got the wrong list, and please don't top post. -- ________________________________ Michael E. Crute http://mike.crute.org God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die. --Bill Watterson -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list