Win VNC client not connecting to FC2 VNC server

[Steven Stern]

On Wed, 26 May 2004 14:49:29 -0500, "Benjamin J. Weiss" <benjamin at weiss.name>
wrote:


>> Frank Rehwinkel wrote:
>> 
>> > Found that if I disable the firewall completely, via
>> > 
>> >   system-config-securitylevel
>> > 
>> > the vncviewer from the WinXP box works.  Can someone
>> > point me to a description of the firewall features
>> > in FC2 (or at least for FC1) so I can see what needs
>> > to be done to keep open the vnc tcp ports (5900+)
>> > while
>> > having the firewall otherwise enabled?

I use GuardDog to handle the firewall configuration. It works better than the
system-config tool.  Anyhow, the key to VNC is to know what session/display
the particular VNC server is using, because each maps to a different port.
Display 1 is 5901. Display 2 is 5901, etc.

Get Guarddog at http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/
--
   Steve