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What is the difference between the ports 5800 and 5900 für TightVNC/UltraVNC ?
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Marcus Otmarsen
2005-02-27 11:30:09 UTC
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Sorry for this newbie question:
Why do I need two ports 5800 + 5900 for TightVNC/UltraVNC?

Ok, the docs talk about 5900 for the VNC viewer and 5800 for Http client.

But what does that mean? When do the VNC server use the first and when the second port?

From my understanding the VNC server needs only ONE port (e.g. 5800) where it listens
for incoming requests. That's it.

Marcus
Richard G. Harper
2005-02-27 11:51:11 UTC
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Port 5800 can be used by a Web client (like Internet Explorer), port 5900 is
used by the VNC client.
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Post by Marcus Otmarsen
Why do I need two ports 5800 + 5900 for TightVNC/UltraVNC?
Ok, the docs talk about 5900 for the VNC viewer and 5800 for Http client.
But what does that mean? When do the VNC server use the first and when the second port?
From my understanding the VNC server needs only ONE port (e.g. 5800) where it listens
for incoming requests. That's it.
Marcus
unknown
2005-02-28 15:31:30 UTC
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I found out something the other day that I didn't know about VNC. When using
the web interface it uses both ports. The build in "web site" runs on 5800,
but once the Java Applet loads in the browser and engages it uses 5900 just
like the regular VNC Client does. So I guess, when you use the web
interface you actually use both ports.
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Post by Richard G. Harper
Port 5800 can be used by a Web client (like Internet Explorer), port 5900 is
used by the VNC client.
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Post by Marcus Otmarsen
Why do I need two ports 5800 + 5900 for TightVNC/UltraVNC?
Ok, the docs talk about 5900 for the VNC viewer and 5800 for Http client.
But what does that mean? When do the VNC server use the first and when
the
Post by Richard G. Harper
Post by Marcus Otmarsen
second port?
From my understanding the VNC server needs only ONE port (e.g. 5800)
where
Post by Richard G. Harper
Post by Marcus Otmarsen
it listens
for incoming requests. That's it.
Marcus
Richard G. Harper
2005-02-28 22:16:34 UTC
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I didn't know that either! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by unknown
I found out something the other day that I didn't know about VNC. When using
the web interface it uses both ports. The build in "web site" runs on 5800,
but once the Java Applet loads in the browser and engages it uses 5900 just
like the regular VNC Client does. So I guess, when you use the web
interface you actually use both ports.
unknown
2005-03-01 16:32:58 UTC
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Now,..I did hear it "second hand" and have never really did any "sniffing"
to validate it,..so keep that in mind too, :-)
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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
Post by Richard G. Harper
I didn't know that either! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by unknown
I found out something the other day that I didn't know about VNC. When using
the web interface it uses both ports. The build in "web site" runs on 5800,
but once the Java Applet loads in the browser and engages it uses 5900 just
like the regular VNC Client does. So I guess, when you use the web
interface you actually use both ports.
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