Network routing mystery; ssh works, vncviewer doesnt

[jabr at blu.org (John Abreau)]

Andrew Medico wrote:

> What happens when you try "telnet <host> 5900" (for display numbers
> other than 0, add the display number to 5900)? If that gives you "no
> route to host" too, you've got a network problem and not an
> application problem.

% telnet 10.1.16.4 5902
Trying 10.1.16.4...
telnet: connect to address 10.1.16.4: No route to host
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: No route to host


% telnet 10.1.16.4 22
Trying 10.1.16.4...
Connected to ebony.ovpn.zuken.com (10.1.16.4).
Escape character is '^]'.
SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.2


% telnet 10.1.16.4 80
Trying 10.1.16.4...
Connected to ebony.ovpn.zuken.com (10.1.16.4).
Escape character is '^]'.



That's with iptables disabled on the remote host.

Also on the remote host:

% ps ax|grep -i vnc
12395 pts/10   S      0:00 Xvnc :2 -desktop ebony.abreau.net:2 (jabr) 
-httpd /usr/share/vnc/classes -auth /home/jabr/.Xauthority -geometry 
800x600 -depth 16 -rfbwait 30000 -rfbauth /home/jabr/.vnc/passwd 
-rfbport 5902 -pn
12400 pts/10   S      0:00 vncconfig -iconic
13572 pts/10   R+     0:00 grep -i vnc




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