Problem connecting to UltraVNC server with port < 5800 ??

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I setup my UltraVNC server so that it listens at port 81 for the vncviewer client.
(By the way: port 80 for HTTP works fine).

When I tried to enter 192.168.0.10:81 in my vncviewer I get a connection failed/timeout.
This is because the vncviewer transforms the port from 81 to 5981.

How can I avoid this adding of 5900 to my port number?

Marcus
 
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According to the RealVNC FAQ you can't...

http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html#firewall

It has to be >5900...

You could do that if you use VNC through a SSH tunnel, ie. redirect the SSH port to something other
than 22...although I don't see the need to do that..

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"Marcus Otmarsen" <ottiC@gmx.net> wrote in message news:cvufe2$9bu$01$1@news.t-online.com...
>I setup my UltraVNC server so that it listens at port 81 for the vncviewer client.
> (By the way: port 80 for HTTP works fine).
>
> When I tried to enter 192.168.0.10:81 in my vncviewer I get a connection failed/timeout.
> This is because the vncviewer transforms the port from 81 to 5981.
>
> How can I avoid this adding of 5900 to my port number?
>
> Marcus
>