Epoc Vnc

[AndyH]

Is anyone here succesfully using EPOCVNC? Over a LAN?

AndyH

[Beakynet]

I have used it over the Internet - if that is any help. I haven't set up my Series 7 to use a Lan, though if I did the connection would still be via the Internet, only through the Proxy server and not the dial connection.

If you have more details as to what your problem is I might be able to suggest some ideas. For example, you may have a firewall inplace that blocks port 5800 and 5900 (these are the ports required by VNC either through Web browser or Java VNC client).

:cool:

[diem]

Yeah, I've used the Java VNC client on a netBook (I assume this is the client you mean - if you've got a native EPOC client I'd like a copy!).

It works, but it is dog slow.

[Beakynet]

The Java one I have came in SIS format and does appear on the Extras bar. It is slow, but workable over 56k modem. I can't remember where I downloaded it from.

[diem]

Another pointer - you'll need to enter then address of the VNC server in the box in this format:

<server name or ID address>:<port number>

Obviously without the triangular brackets, but the colon is crucial.

[AndyH]

Thanks for all of the responses. I will go away and have a look at my system and try to be more specific as to what the problem is.

AndyH

[AndyH]

I followed the advice of IP then port using 0 and 5800 and 5900 as the port but there is just no connection at all. I am sure that I am missing something obvious so will go away and try again when time permits.

Happy New Year to you all

AndyH:confused:

[diem]

Hi Andy,

Dead frustrating eh?

As you say, its got to be summat simple - do you know what port the VNC server is using? Can you test it using a VNC client on a PC? Is it behind a firewall?

The Java EPOC client is frustrating in that it doesn't ever seem to throw errors; if something fails then it simply does nothing.

Hope you get it sorted :)

[AndyH]

The port is set to auto. I will make it a manual port. It isn't behid a firewall and I can connect using VNC or REMVNC from other PCs that I own.

It wont beat me! Thanks for your time

AndyH;)

[AndyH]

I am glad to report that I have finally got EPOCVNC working on my networked netBook. The culprit was the vnchosts.txt file. Once deleted and replaced I got a connection first time to my server. The file looked perfectly OK with the correct details in, but perhaps there was a space or something in there that shouldn't have been?

Its slooow, but still impressive to see a portion of a Windows screen on the netBook.

Many thanks to all that helped

AndyH
:D

[diem]

Knew you'd get there in the end - didn't even know there was such a file!

Slow as hell ain't it? Ah well, usable if all you want to do is a remote reboot or similar eh?