Chicken VNC problem

[cool11]

I am new to mac world.
I want to use chicken vnc to control a pc.
The pc already runs vnc server(windows software of course).
I use pc vnc viewer from other pc to see the specific pc running vnc server and there are no problems.

But there are problems in mac vnc. I cannot connect at all.

One of the messages:
- rfbconnection. connection terminated. authentication failed-server reports: too many security failures.

I use computers so many years but I cannot understand where the problem is. I test it with and without authentication but I had no luck at all. Networking with pc works fine(i can see its hard disk).

Pc run vnc server edition 4.1.19(from realvnc).

Please help me to connect to the pc, I really need it.

 

[zweigand]

Blocked Firewall Port on the Mac? ...are you sure you are connecting to the right VNC port? 5900 or 5901

 

[bobber205]

It has died on me too for some reason. I get "cannot connect" issues. It's like the password is being messed up on the way over to compare....

 

[cool11]

Blocked Firewall Port on the Mac? ...are you sure you are connecting to the right VNC port? 5900 or 5901

Where can I check if this port is firewall blocked?

 

[superted666]

as a test disable the firewall

system prefrences > sharing > firewall > stop

remember to re-enable after testing!

 

[franchise]

chicken problems all of a sudden too

Had everything running like a charm...then 2 things happened...updated to 10.4.8 from 10.4.7 and also enabled gaming ports to play age of empires III video game.

Etiher way...mcafee antivirus software on pc rigs that i was tapping into are throwing up errors on my connection and the connection gets terminated. I can initially log in..then it stops. I can still see the shot of the screen but its a dead connection. Very odd. Wondering if Chicken software somehow got corrupted when i upgraded the os or what???? I don't know. Very frustrating though.

Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.

 

[theBB]

If you are trying to control a PC from a Mac, I'd suggest downloading the Remote Desktop program from Microsoft. It might be easier than using VNC.