Connecting to your VNC remote desktop

We now need to initiate the connection to the VNC remote desktop. The example is based on the Linux client - the procedure is the same for the Windows client. We will assume that your desktop is '1' and that you used the algorithms for remote and local port described above.

• As the destination host (``VNC server'' or ``Remote desktop''), enter ``localhost:Desktop. The desktop number you will be using should correspond to Desktop = ListenPort - 5900, where ListenPort was configured in Subsection 1.6.
• In our example, enter ``localhost:51'' in that dialog. Click on ``Connect'', and the connection will be established via the tunnel previously created.

  Figure 19: Tunnelled VNC connection

  

• Although some clients do not provide for a way to save sessions, previous sessions are typically accessible in a connection history.

In essence, the VNC software thinks it is connecting to a computer with the named address ``localhost'', which is actually redirected to the computer in the tunnel created above (in this case, vrdcXXXX.vrdc.cornell.edu.