Re: pinging intranet address vs pinging computer name

2007-03-17 Thread ·· ħþø ··
Neil B. Baker wrote: Realvnc is not able to connect to my laptop on my home network using the computer name. Laptop running winxp, wireless connection, 80211g, netgear router. I can connect with vnc using the intranet address but not the computer name. I can ping the laptop using the intranet ad

Re: Running VNC Server on Windows XP.

2007-03-17 Thread ·· ħþø ··
Youngwhan Song wrote: Computer A runs VNC Server (Service Mode). Computer B runs VNC Viewer. Computer A have two user accounts, A-1 (for my wife) and A-2 (for me.) Now, I have two questions. 1. When the B tries to connect to A, A always shows Windows Login Screen. I tried to connect to A-2 for

pinging intranet address vs pinging computer name

2007-03-17 Thread Neil B. Baker
Realvnc is not able to connect to my laptop on my home network using the computer name. Laptop running winxp, wireless connection, 80211g, netgear router. I can connect with vnc using the intranet address but not the computer name. I can ping the laptop using the intranet address but not the compu

Running VNC Server on Windows XP.

2007-03-17 Thread Youngwhan Song
Hi, I am really newbie on VNC. There are two computers in my home, and I downloaded Free VNC Windows (Server and Client.). I installed VNC on both computers. Computer A runs VNC Server (Service Mode). Computer B runs VNC Viewer. Computer A have two user accounts, A-1 (for my wife) and A-2 (for

Re: Connection issue Router Bell / Sympatico

2007-03-17 Thread Mick
On Saturday 17 March 2007 20:27, you wrote: > My thought process was: > > If computer B (with the router) can connect to computer A by FTP, they can > see each other! > > Why they cannot ping each other? The router prevents that to happen. > (Spoofing protection) It may be the router (if it has b

Re: Connection issue Router Bell / Sympatico

2007-03-17 Thread Sonia And Simon
Hi, My thought process was: If computer B (with the router) can connect to computer A by FTP, they can see each other! Why they cannot ping each other? The router prevents that to happen. (Spoofing protection) The router is not stopping communication on port 20 and 21 (FTP port). The ro

Re: Connection issue Router Bell / Sympatico

2007-03-17 Thread Mick
On Saturday 17 March 2007 19:13, you wrote: > I then retry it and what I got is : connection timed out. Either your router at computer A or its software firewall is blocking incoming connections from the VNC server. Set it up so that it accepts the VNC server IP address and port 5500 - I believe

Re: Connection issue Router Bell / Sympatico

2007-03-17 Thread Sonia And Simon
Hi, I tried that before and did not remember the error message. I then retry it and what I got is : connection timed out. What is strange is if I run any FTP server on computer A, computer B can connect to it and transfer file back and forth, no problem. The IP address used by the FTP

Re: Connection issue Router Bell / Sympatico

2007-03-17 Thread Mick
On Saturday 17 March 2007 14:26, Sonia And Simon wrote: > All my trial to connect to Computer B from Computer A failed. It would fail because you have not set up port forwarding. Your router drops the connection packets. > I can not / could not use the technique of the port forward because I ha

Connection issue Router Bell / Sympatico

2007-03-17 Thread Sonia And Simon
Hello Here is my situation. I have one computer (Computer A) connected to the Internet and the IP address is dynamically allowed. I have one computer (Computer B) connecter to the Internet using ADSL and the modem / router is a proprietary router from Bell / Sympatico. The computer A is r

Running very slowly on Vista

2007-03-17 Thread Brian McGroarty
I have the RealVNC Personal edition server running on a Vista machine. When I connect, display updates are painfully slow. It paints the screen a lateral stripe at a time, taking 3-4 seconds to update the display, even when the host and client share a gigabit connection. Oddly, the first screen u