[NTLUG:Discuss] help - I forgot how to broadcast a server name...

[Fred James]

Thank you, that got it. I have finally been able to get VNC running and 
now I know it won't do what I need.

lee wrote:

> try connecting vnc to the ip address instead of the hostname.  also, 
> don't forget to add the server number after the address (usually :1 ) 
> after the ip address, without any spaces.
> 
> if you have an internal network then you have to have either an entry 
> for each computer in your network in your hosts file or run an internal 
> DNS for your network.
> 
> DNS is what translates hostnames to ip addresses and vice-versa.
> 
> -- lee
> 
> Fred James wrote:
> 
>> I have Linux and Win95 boxes on a small home network and I am trying 
>> to use a VNC viewer on a Win95 box to see a VNC server on a Linux box 
>> ... problem: the view keeps saying: "Failed to get server address. Did 
>> you type the host name correctly?"
>>
>> There is some kind of a short command (d(something)name?) on Linux I 
>> can use to manually publish the host name, but I cannot remember it - 
>> please, help.
>>
> 
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