How to set up the Repeater

Chris H · Post by **Chris H** » 2005-12-06 00:03

I've tried reading the FAQ's but am hopelessly lost and cannot understand them.

Has anyone successfully gotten the repeater setup for Mode 2?

Is it possible to establish a connection with the Viewer and the Server by using the command line? If anyone could show me a real world example I'd appreciate it. I have the repeater setup and I think my veiwer is connecting properly as the log says it added viewer 1234 to the list, but I can't get the server to connect. This is what I get in the log when attempting to connect to my repeater with the server.

resolving host by name: RFB 003.006
À&$
failed to resolve locally.
Unable to connect to destination host, errno=11001

Also, if I try to specify an ID number on the command line for the server I get an error that it doesn't understand the ID parameter. I'm using versions 1.0.1 for both.

bevtech · Post by **bevtech** » 2005-12-06 01:22

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step by step for repeater 1.0.4 should help..

Chris H · Post by **Chris H** » 2005-12-06 03:47

Thanks. I guess what I'm getting stuck at, is I'm trying to use the full version of winvnc with the repeater. The tutorial is using SC, which seems to understand the proxy and ID commands

but as far as I can tell winvnc.exe does not.

bevtech · Post by **bevtech** » 2005-12-06 04:14

Chris H,
Sorry about that must users are after repeaters for Single Click but yes you can connect a winvnc server to a repeater using an ID. I asked that question a little while ago because I counldnt find any documentation on it and I actually frogot to add it to the repeater step by step..

The GUI way of doing this is to right click on the winvnc icon in your system tray and the following will appear be sure to left click on the add new client option

Then you can put your repeaters IP address in
and the ID you want that winvnc server to be

I will be sure to add this to my repeater step by step..

Hope this helps,

Chris H · Post by **Chris H** » 2005-12-06 13:19

Ok. Thanks. I guess they haven't added a way to do this on the command line yet? My users aren't savvy enough to know how to right click a tray icon and then enter the numbers in the correct boxes.

bevtech · Post by **bevtech** » 2005-12-07 01:40

Actually there is and I asked that question about a few or so and it was answered but I was unable to take the time to find it for you..

This is what I came up with so far..

Found it from User Redge

autoreconnect after repeater timeout and after viewer disconnected
with script and updated winvnc supporting -autoreconnect ID:1234
test winvnc.exe [-autoreconnect[ ID:????]]

or
interactive single session ID
GUI winvnc
winvnc systray, right click... Add New Client

so if you use the updated winvnc.exe you can use the -autoreconnect switch

That is all I can find at this time for your question. I will have to do some testing with the autoreconnect switch to see how it works..

Chris H · Post by **Chris H** » 2005-12-07 13:04

I'll give that a try when I get a chance.

Chris H · Post by **Chris H** » 2006-02-02 14:06

Anyone had any luck with this? I'm tempted to see if I can modify the source code for the full version of winvnc to accept the command line argument (like SC) and pass the variables in to the routine that handles adding clients from the GUI.

Been a while since I messed with any C language stuff.

We have users at shows with laptops and the winvnc service running that I'd love to be able to email them an exe to establish the connection... or even leave a shortcut right on the desktop for them.

I'll give it the ole college try.

jksmurf · Post by **jksmurf** » 2006-06-02 03:10

bevtech wrote:Sorry about that must users are after repeaters for Single Click but yes you can connect a winvnc server to a repeater using an ID. I asked that question a little while ago because I couldnt find any documentation on it and I actually forgot to add it to the repeater step by step... The GUI way of doing this is to right click on the winvnc icon in your system tray and the following will appear be sure to left click on the add new client option. Then you can put your repeaters IP address in and the ID you want that winvnc server to be

I will be sure to add this to my repeater step by step..
Hope this helps,

I have a similar confusion to Chris H. I don't think this step has been added to the repeater document yet? Will using an ID get past this error ?

resolving host by name: [Snipped]
failed to resolve locally.

I can connect fine with the repeater if I use the IP address 192.169.1.XXX, but as soon as I use the PC's hostname and ask it to RESOLVE it I get the above error. However this ONLY happens internally on the LAN. If I use the FQDN as the repeater, then I CAN use the PC's hostname :Port, I no longer need the IP Address. I can access the PC why doesn't the repeater resolve the name to the address?

k.

bevtech · Post by **bevtech** » 2006-06-02 13:55

Sorry anything else you want me to add to the documentation?? They are all works in progress

Repeater likes ID's it is how they viewer connects to a sever on a repeater

jksmurf · Post by **jksmurf** » 2006-06-02 14:43

bevtech wrote:Sorry anything else you want me to add to the documentation??

Apologies, didn't mean to sound ungracious, we are grateful for all you do.
I still don't understand why 1 step vs. 2 step Domain name resolution makes such a big difference.

k.