VNC through proxy OK for years. Now fails, OK locally

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I’ve been using my device (Raspberry Pi) and accessing it through VNC courtesy of remote.it successfully for years. Since yesterday VNC connects on the server page (I get the proxy to paste into RealVNC viewer) but it hangs, no message. I connected through remote.it using SSH and found my VNC server is running and responds locally using curl, but the Internet connection through remote.it returns nothing. In the example below I waited ages then pressed ctrl-c to move on.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ curl -v telnet://proxy50.rt3.io:34322

  • Trying 54.93.100.223:34322…
  • Connected to proxy50.rt3.io (54.93.100.223) port 34322 (#0)
    ^C
    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ curl -v telnet://127.0.0.1:5900
  • Trying 127.0.0.1:5900…
  • Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 5900 (#0)
    RFB 005.000

I have changed nothing. It simply stopped working yesterday. I have rebooted the device, tested another device (same result) and tried different Internet connections.

*** I should add that I WAS able to connect from a friends house last night, but this morning nothing ***

Help appreciated!

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Are you still having this problem, I looked at the logs and everything looks good.

Let me know if your still having problems.

-M

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Thank you, it is working OK. The problem was with the network, not remote.it

The administrator has somehow blocked all (VNC) remote access after a security audit. Using a 4G modem or hot-spotting from a phone is the work-around.

Thanks for checking back.

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