SSVNC Repeater Problems (and ChunkVNC)

[Jason_Bassett]

Can someone explain how to use SSVNC to connect to a chunkvnc server please as I have been reading various guides but have not been successful.

I am able to connect using ChunkViewer on Microsoft Windows so I know the repeater and server are functioning properly.

My setup is as follows:

Remote server I want to view: 172.16.1.90
Repeater machine: 172.16.1.10
I have set the remote server ID to 777777

Currently tried these SSVNC settings:
VNC Host:Display = :0
Proxy/Gateway = repeater://172.16.1.10:5500+172.16.1.90:777777

Regards

Jason

[B]

You're not supposed to specify the IP address of the target server, merely the repeater ID with which it's registered itself (777777 in your case).

That said, I don't know whether or not SSVNC is compatible with ChunkVNC, though it should be.

Good luck.

[Jason_Bassett]

Hello B

Have also tried:

Proxy/Gateway = repeater://172.16.1.10:5500+777777

But that did not work either. I have read in a few places that SSVNC has worked for connecting to Uvnc repeaters.

Here is the info from the console as I click connect, when using the string format you suggested:

UltraVnc Thu Aug 19 20:05:05 2010 > checkIdCode(): 777777 is not IdCode string
UltraVnc Thu Aug 19 20:05:05 2010 > parseHostAndPort() start: id = 777777
UltraVnc Thu Aug 19 20:05:05 2010 > parseHostAndPort() end: host = 777777, port = 5900
UltraVnc Thu Aug 19 20:05:05 2010 > acceptConnection(): Mode 1 connections only allowed from viewers, closing connection
UltraVnc Thu Aug 19 20:05:13 2010 > routeConnections(): new server connecting, accepting...
UltraVnc Thu Aug 19 20:05:13 2010 > acceptConnection(): connection accepted ok from ip: 172.16.1.121
UltraVnc Thu Aug 19 20:05:13 2010 > nonBlockingRead(): start
UltraVnc Thu Aug 19 20:05:13 2010 > nonBlockingRead(): returning normally
UltraVnc Thu Aug 19 20:05:13 2010 > checkIdCode(): 777777 is not IdCode string
UltraVnc Thu Aug 19 20:05:13 2010 > parseHostAndPort() start: id = 777777
UltraVnc Thu Aug 19 20:05:13 2010 > parseHostAndPort() end: host = 777777, port = 5900
UltraVnc Thu Aug 19 20:05:13 2010 > acceptConnection(): Mode 1 connections only allowed from viewers, closing connection

J

[B]

Certainly sounds like your syntax is still off -- it thinks you want to connect with a <b>host</b> named 777777.

I haven't played with SSVNC in a long time; perhaps someone else can advise you. [ moved thread to VNC Related Products for attention ]

[krunge]

It should be "ID:777777" not "777777"

Also for the VNC viewer it should be port 5900 not 5500.


The following is from the ssvnc proxy documentation:

MODE II REPEATER:

For the mode II repeater both the VNC viewer and VNC server initiate
TCP connections to the repeater proxy. In this case they pass a string
that identifies their mutual connection via "ID:NNNN", for example:

VNC Host:Display: :0
Proxy/Gateway: repeater://myuvncrep.west:5900+ID:2345

again, the default proxy port is 5900 if not supplied. And we need
to supply a placeholder display ":0".

[B]

Thanks, Karl!

Jason, Karl is of course the (outrageously talented) developer of SSVNC and other good things.

[supercoe]

Alright, Karl to the rescue once again!

Mac support is pretty Alpha at this point in time, if you code up something nice or at least figure out the syntax it would be awesome if you'd share the knowledge. I hope to have a native Mac viewer someday but I wouldn't plan on it anytime this year.

[krunge]

Mac support is pretty Alpha at this point in time, if you code up something nice or at least figure out the syntax it would be awesome if you'd share the knowledge. I hope to have a native Mac viewer someday but I wouldn't plan on it anytime this year.

Hi supercoe,

Are you asking me this question?

Are you asking about a native Mac VNC viewer (e.g. Chicken of the VNC) modified to support ultravnc ID:nnnn? Or something else?

Of course SSVNC already does this, but it requires XQuartz server on the mac.

Well, actually, SSVNC already does ultravnc repeater if you choose Chicken of the VNC (or other native viewer) as the viewer (I just checked.) It runs a 'proxy' in front of the native viewer to handle the ultravnc repeater handshake.

Karl

[supercoe]

Karl,

The comment was directed at the OP but you already know how much we like your code around here.

I don't know enough about coding for OSX at this point in time to have an intelligent conversation about XQuartz and such but my plan was just to use your SSVNC viewer and wrapper it.

Any input you have on this would be appreciated as would any work you'd like to do.
Better Mac support is the next project after getting the planned Windows features done.

I should have tons of time once summer is over and things settle down to research it further, at that time I'm sure I'll have questions for you.

[ljac]

I'm having problems using a Mac to view a Chunkvnc client I'm having issues using SSVNC.

When configuring as follows:

VNC Host:Display 0
VNC Password: <blank>
Proxy/Gateway: repeater://<host>:5901+IDxxxxxx (my repeater is on 5901)
Remote SSH Command (Greyed out as I selected None below)

I get the terminal open up with this:

/tmp/darwin_terminal_cmd.11350-466562959.11.9cV8eD ; exit;
try-1: termpid= mypid=11358
try-2: termpid= mypid=11358
try-3: termpid=11353 mypid=11358
+ ssvnc_cmd -proxy repeater://<host>:5901+IDxxxxxx vnc://0 -noraiseonbeep

Running viewer for direct connection:

** WARNING: THERE WILL BE NO SSL OR SSH ENCRYPTION **



PPROXY v0.4: a tool for Web, SOCKS, and UltraVNC proxies and for
PPROXY v0.4: IPv6 and VNC VeNCrypt bridging.
proxy_host: <host>
proxy_port: 5901
proxy_connect: 0:5900
pproxy_params: repeater://<host>:5901+IDxxxxxx
pproxy_listen: 5931
pproxy_reverse:
io_socket_inet6: 1

pproxy 1st: <host>:5901 - repeater:IDxxxxxx
pproxy 2nd: -
pproxy 3rd: -

pproxy interface: localhost
pproxy: listening on localhost:5931
vncviewer -noraiseonbeep -encodings copyrect tight zrle zlib hextile 127.0.0.1:31

repeater: ID687982
RFB 000.000
pproxy parent[11496] listen_handle -> socket
pproxy child [11656] socket -> listen_handle

pproxy[11656]: Input is EOF.
pproxy[11656]: finished xfer.
pproxy[11656]: kill TERM parent 11496
pproxy[11496]: got SIGTERM.
vncviewer.x11: VNC server closed connection

VNC Viewer exiting.

vncviewer command failed: 0

+ set +xv

Done. You Can Ctrl-C this Terminal if you like. Use Ctrl-\ to pause.

sleep 5
-------------------

Then the X11 window pops down on the dock and the terminal closes.

Any ideas?

[RonaldRus94]

i am also getting problem in using SSVNC but at last got rid of it.

[voltaic]

Ronald; care to share how?

[wantedinc]

I have been able to get this working.
You need to enter ":0" in the VNC Host display field.
Leave the VNC password field blank, and enter the repeater addres and add the ID after the repeater address as follows:
VNC Host- ":0" (without quotes)
VNC Password- (none)
Proxy/Gateway- "repeater://support.test.com:5500+ID:2"

Where my repeater server is listening on port 5500, so it does not have to be 5900, and the ID is for the repeater handshake