<charlesroper@sussexwt.org.uk> wrote in message
news:1184593146.799755.119330@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, I've been using OpenSSH to tunnel into my home computer
> (previously WinXP) for a while now, but since upgrading to Vista, I
> can no longer do so. Here are the facts:
>
> * I have OpenSSH (OpenSSH_4.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007) setup
> under Cygwin on a Vista Home Premium machine listening on 443
>
> * I'm using Bitvise Tunnelier to connect to the server
>
> * I can ssh into the machine without problem and can also tunnel
> through to a couple of IRC servers, so both the SSH server and
> tunnelling appear to be working.
>
> * Remote Desktop is listening on port 3389, and the local IP of the
> computer I'm connecting to is 192.168.1.2
>
> * I have forwarding setup like so:
> Listen Interface: 127.0.0.1:3390
> Destination Host: 192.168.1.2:3389
>
> * On the RD Client side I'm connecting to localhost:3389. "Always ask
> for credentials" is checked. "Always connect, even if authentication
> fails" is selected. "Do not use a TS Gateway server" is checked.
>
> When I try and connect, I get the following message:
>
> This computer can't connect to the remote computer.
> Try connecting again. If the problem continues, contact the owner of
> the remote computer of your network administrator.
>
> This is what I get in the Tunnelier log:
>
> 14:30:40.040 Accepted client-side client-2-server connection from
> 127.0.0.1:2255 to 192.168.1.2:3389.
> 14:30:41.041 Server rejected our attempt to open a client-side
> client-2-server connection - reason: SSH_OPEN_CONNECT_FAILED,
> description: Connection refused.
> 14:30:41.041 Closing client-side client-2-server connection from
> 127.0.0.1:2255 to 192.168.1.2:3389, sent: 0, received: 0.
>
> Could anyone offer any help in troubleshooting this issue?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Charles
>
Don't use TCP Port 3390 as the redirect port. Use another random port, ie.
3391 or higher, for the redirect port. There is an issue using 3390 as the
redirect port with Vista. I forget now the exact issue though...
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