Re: VNC server stops responding after a few days

[James Wheaton <jwheaton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The uncommented line in the hosts file is simply:
127.0.0.1   localhost

The default gateway is setup in the Windows IP properties (along with 
the other static settings) to be 192.168.0.254, which is our 
modem/router/DHCP server. The modem has an external static IP that we 
would be connecting to with VNC. I can connect to it on that address and 
the internal 192.168.0.99 ... The command line on the VNC Viewer 
shortcut is just the default vncviewer.exe with no options.

I just woke up one of the VNC servers/desktops that stopped working over 
the weekend. I opened the web browser and it took a bit to load; was it 
asking for an IP renewal? Maybe it's just the power saving options that 
are at fault:

Turn off harddicks:   1hr
Standby:     1hr
Hibernate:     never

James Wheaton
FloSource, Inc.
Phone: 765.342.1360
Fax: 765.342.1361

Visit us on the web: www.flosource.com <http://www.flosource.com>

On 11/18/2011 5:41 AM, Paul Dunn wrote:
> On 16/11/2011 22:56, Christopher Woods (CustomMade) wrote:
>
> > Surely if a machine has a fixed static IP, it doesn't even enter into
> > discussion with the network's DHCP server to request a lease? Just 
> > the usual
> > broadcast traffic...
>
> I'm not a networking or Windows expert, but this presumably depends on 
> whether the client (XP?) actually has the VNC server's IP address in 
> its hosts file (something like C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts). 
> If it doesn't, then it will send a request to get the address from the 
> DHCP server. If the client ends up using the IP address supplied by 
> the server, then it will eventually expire. I've had exactly this 
> problem on another X server (not VNC).
>
> James: what's in your hosts file? And how does the client actually 
> connect to the server? What's the VNC command line?
>
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