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Troubleshooting Guides

You've installed VNC and tried to connect, but it didn't work. Nuts.

These contributions describe some general things to try.


Things to check when you're having trouble:

(Answer) Can you "ping" the VNC Server from the Viewer machine?
(Answer) Are the Viewer and Server on the same LAN?
(Answer) Are you sure the VNC Server is running?
(Answer) Can you get to the VNC password prompt?
(Answer) Is the VNC Server restricting connections?
(Answer) If all else fails...

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