Re: VNC server stops responding after a few days

Hi Phil,

The DHCP addresses go from 100 to 253 while the computers running VNC 
have static IPs less than 100 (99, 98, and 97).

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 11/15/2011 2:11 PM, Long, Phillip GOSS wrote:
> James:
>
> Is your static IP address in the range of the router's DHCP
> addresses?  That won't work, because the computer, knowing that it
> has a static IP, won't request a lease renewal, and after some
> maximum amount of time, the DHCP server will try to force one.
> What will happen in this case depends greatly on the software and
> OS the computer is running, and on the behavior of the router.  I'm
> not a network guy, but I do know that unless your router is more
> sophisticated than the average small-office router, static IP
> addresses *MUST* be outside any range of DHCP addresses of your
> router.
>
> 					Thx, Phil Long
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of James Wheaton
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 12:44 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: VNC server stops responding after a few days
>
> The computer will work in other ways but not with VNC. It's set as
> static IP, so the router should be giving the same IP after the lease
> times out.
>
> 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 11/14/2011 12:07 PM, Paul Dunn wrote:
>> On 14/11/2011 16:41, James Wheaton wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> We've got a problem with RealVNC server which stops working after a
> few
>>> days. A computer reboot is required to get it to work again. The
> error
>>> message upon connecting is: unable to connect to host. 2 computers do
>>> this on the regular and they have Windows XP installed. Is this a
> known
>>> problem? Any idea what could be causing it?
>> DNS lease timeout?
>>
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