VNC setup

[dsavage@peaknet.net]

I'm following the guidance at
http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Configuring_VNC to set up a VNC
service on my system back home. My objective is to enable remote access to
evolution running on a machine from which my ISP allows sendmail relaying.
That way I won't have to web into Peaknet and use their Squirrelmail
whenever I need to send mail.

I've modified my LinkSys router to pass port 5901 on to my home server
(running RHEL5.1).

I've added this line
  vnc             5901/tcp                        # Virtual Network Console
to /etc/services on the remote system.

I've altered the remote system's firewall to pass vnc/tcp.

While ssh'd into the destination I've started the vnc service:
  $ vncserver

  New 'lion.protogeek.org:1 (doc)' desktop is lion.protogeek.org:1

  Starting applications specified in /home/doc/.vnc/xstartup
  Log file is /home/doc/.vnc/lion.protogeek.org:1.log

Finally on this local host I run vncviewer:

  $ vncviewer <ipaddr>:1

After two minutes a popup message window appears:
               VNC Viewer: Information
  unable to connect to host: Connection timed out (110)

When I set up a local vncservice here on my Fedora laptop and type the
vncviewer command line with my local IP address I immediately get the VNC
authentication window:
               VNC Authentication: (VncAuth)
      Username:
      Password: ************

What have I missed on the remote setup?

--Doc

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