[Thinine]

Just wondering if it's possible to get the VNC provided by the Apple Remote Desktop client (3.2) working with a Windows VNC client. I've tried TightVNC and RealVNC, and neither of them work. I only have remote access to the Mac I want to control, so any solution that requires accessing the System Preferences Sharing pane won't work, unless there's a defaults command to write what is needed.

[mduell]

TightVNC, UltraVNC, and a few other VNC clients work fine for me... probably firewall or network configuration issues.

[Brass]

Have you configured it to allow access for VNC users?

[besson3c]

Also, ARD works over port 5900 rather than the more standard (I think) 5901. VNC ports are determined by 5900 + display number, where Apple uses display number "0".

You can determine what display number/port to use by doing a:

telnet machinename 5900
telnet machinename 5901

and seeing which one responds. I'm not certain whether the Windows/DOS telnet app accepts a port number as an argument, but perhaps it is worth a try...

[Thinine]

I figured out how to use ARD's kickstart script to activate VNC and put in a VNC password, so RealVNC and TightVNC seem to connect all right. But they never display a video window. I'm trying to connect to a Tiger Server box. Any way to tell from the command line if the firewall is active. I'm not the only administrator on the box.