Re: VNCServer Service

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Wed, 15 May 2002 09:40:45 -0400 (EDT)
dbrett <dbrett tcn net> wrote:

> I though the ports started at 5800?
> 
> david

I use it on rare occassions, and I have 5900 opened and it works. I'm
pretty sure 5800 is for browsers, But I don't use it that way and have
the ports closed there.

> On Wed, 15 May 2002, ABrady wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 14 May 2002 16:24:43 -0500
> > Jim Hale <jim-ml halemail dyndns org> wrote:
> > 
> > > I decided to go ahead and activate the VNCServer service (RH 7.3)
> > > in the Service Configuration screen, It would only be accessed
> > > from my local segment anyway and the ports are blocked thru my
> > > firewall from the outside world, but I can't seem to connect to it
> > > from a Windows client. 
> > > 
> > > Is there anything else that I need to do to make it work?
> > 
> > You need to have ports beginning at 5900 open to anyone that needs
> > access. VNC instance :0 needs 5900, instance:1 needs 5901 and so
> > forth. That's for connecting with vncviewer. If using the browser,
> > I'm pretty sure it's 5800 on up.

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