VNC Remote connection

[Jorge Luis Vivas]

ThomasBeckett at Eurofins.co.uk wrote:

> I dont know if this message got through to the list before so im sending 
> it again from my work address. Any help you can provide is greatly 
> appreciated
> 
> I want to enable reomote conenction to my Ubuntu box at home from my
> machine here at work . I have set Gnome to allow remote connection. I
> have also forwarded port 5900 (as well as 5901 - 5999 - just to see)  
> from my router at home to my ubuntu box.
> When I try to connect with Raal VNC (on windows) it fails with a
> refused connection message (cant remember exact message as i dont have
> my ubuntu box turned on today). nc does not list port 5900 as
> listening even though i asked for remote connection to be enabled in
> Gnome (Vino). I assume that when i enter the IP address of my
> router/dsl modem at home, the packets are forwarded to my linux box on
> port 5900, but that the box is not listening so it cant connect. How
> can I open the port to listen?
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> Tom
> 

Why don´t you try connecting your Ubuntu Box direct to the internet 
while testing the VNC, It sounds to me like a router issue rather than 
an Ubuntu issue.

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