[Paraview] running client-server across firewalls

Berk Geveci berklist at nycap . rr . com
18 Dec 2003 12:53:39 -0500


ParaView  has a reverse connection flag thingy. It makes the
server connect to the client. It might work better. Look
at command line help.

On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 12:03, Jean M. Favre wrote:
> Hello List
> 
> I am trying to run a ParaView server across a firewall but can't 
> establish any connection
> 
> from my remote server:
> 
> paraview --server
> 
> from my local client:
> 
> paraview --client --host=remote
> 
> I access my remote host via ssh without password. I generated a key with 
>   ssh-keygen, which I then copied to my authorized_keys file on the 
> remote server. Via simple X11 forwarding, I can get a normal ParaView 
> session running. But what I really want to do is a server/client connection.
> 
> I have used the default port. Should the network administrator do 
> something to allow me to go thru?
> 
> Any tips would be useful. TIA.
> Jean
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Berk Geveci <berklist at nycap . rr . com>