• Vnc Viewer Mac Os X

Is it possible to specify VNC port number in built-in VNC client of Mac OS X? I'm trying to connect to Xen VPS machine with Finder's built-in VNC client.

I used address like this. Vnc://server:port But it fails because it uses another port, and Finder's built-in VNC cannot handle port number.

Based on an older software package called Chicken of the VNC, Chicken is an open source VNC client for Mac OS X. The Chicken package does not include any VNC server functionality, nor does the client run on any other operating system than Mac OS X. Chicken can be paired with various VNC servers including UltraVNC.

As I know it handles the number after colon as display-number, not a port number. Is there a way to specify port number on the VNC client? Or any workaround for this? (port forwarding??? I have no idea about it.).

A VNC display number is just another way of specifying a port. Display 0 is, by convention, port 5900; display 1 port 5901 and so on, so if the port your server is using is close to 5900, you can simply subtract 5900 and use that as the display number. Contrary to what you say, Mac OS X's screen sharing client does accept port numbers with a vnc://server:port url. Either use open from the terminal as Michael Dillon suggests, or select 'Connect to Server.'

From the Finder's 'Go' menu, and type the address in. Finally if that won't work, it may be that your VNC client and server are incompatible - the Mac OS X VNC server is certainly a bit idiosyncratic. Try downloading a different VNC client such as.

My tech toolkit happened to have one, and they are available from other sources. Hard drive ssd drives.

If that doesn't work, you'll know that it's not client issues and could be something like a firewall getting in your way. Whether or not you are able to connect to the port you wish may depend on your router configuration. You may need to configure some port forwarding from the NAT settings of your router.

If your router has a public IP address, say 123.123.1.1, but your computer has a local IP address only (e.g. 192.168.x.x or similar, depending on your ISP) you need to forward port 5900 of your router to port 5900 of your computer so that any incoming request on port 5900 of your router is forwarded onto port 5900 of your computer.

How to do this depends on your router and internet configuration, but look for some advanced setting under the NAT configuration. I just did it for me, successfully. Both using open vnc://server:port from terminal or Finder > Connect to server > vnc://server:port work fine.

Kyle Falconer yeah, does what it says it IS just a wrapper application, like others said, and in addition to that, there are no options in itself. Any options and raw functionality required to make a connection is through Apple's Screen Sharing application.

It seems like this program was rather thrown together. If a newline character is pasted into the ip address field, it will distort the UI. If you want better functionality, grab something like the enterprise viewer that RealVNC has on their website (the viewers are all free, the though some of the servers are not).

Kyle Falconer yeah, does what it says it IS just a wrapper application, like others said, and in addition to that, there are no options in itself. Any options and raw functionality required to make a connection is through Apple's Screen Sharing application. It seems like this program was rather thrown together.

Vnc Viewer Mac Os X

If a newline character is pasted into the ip address field, it will distort the UI. If you want better functionality, grab something like the enterprise viewer that RealVNC has on their website (the viewers are all free, the though some of the servers are not).