[ece429] XWin issue

[Marcin Jastrzebski]

Your port forwarding is set up correctly. However, the setenv command should 
use the WAN IP of the router. Any address like 192.168.x.x is from the LAN 
side and outside computers won't see it. You have to specify your WAN side 
IP address. If your router is not clear about it, then go to 
http://www.whatismyip.com/ to find out the address you're supposed to use 
with the setenv command.

Hope this helps,
Marcin Jastrzebski
jastmar at iit.edu
"Expect me when you see me."

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tommy Ho" <hotommy at iit.edu>
To: <ece429 at ece.iit.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 10:34 PM
Subject: [ece429] XWin issue


> Hi,
>
> I am able to login to the vulcan.ece.iit.edu server but when I follow
> the setup explained in the document, I am not able to open any
> application such as opnet.  Here's my setup.
>
> In the router, I used virtual server to do forwarding.  Could anyone
> help me to check if I am doing the correct setup for the router?
> Thanks.
>
> Name         : XWin
> Private IP   : My local computer IP address in the ipconfig command
> Protocol Type:   Both
> Private Port :   6000
> Public Port  :   6000
>
> Schedule     :  Always
>
> In the terminal, I typing the following commands.
>
>>source /usr/local/cshrc/opnet
>>setenv DISPLAY IPaddress of my router(LAN):0.0
>
> open XWin application and then type
>
>>opnet
>
> After couple minutes, it give me the following error message.
>
> <<< Program Abort >>>
>  * Time:      22:29:40 Mon Jan 31 2005
>  * Product:   modeler
>  * Package:   Mmi
>  * Function:  Mmi_Open
>  * Error:     Unable to initialize windowing system:
>               unable to open X display
>
> Regards,
> Tommy
>
>
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