ARD 2.2 and RealVNC 4.1.1 question

Hello everyone,
I have ARD 2.2 on my Powerbook and RealVNC 4.1.1 (Free Edition) installed on my PC desktop. I have tried several time to connect from my Laptop to the PC desktop using ARD but I couldn't, it said "Connection failed" on my laptop. There is one time I could connect but I couldn't interact with the PC.
I ran all the service and port as suggested, still no hope, am I missing something?
Besides RealVNC, could you please tell me what else I could use to make the connection between MAC and PC possible, using ARD and VNC. Something like another VNC client?
Thank a lot for your help,
Cheers,
James

the Real VNC Server has to be configured to use protocol 3.3, found in the legacy tab in the VNC Server Properties, in order for Remote Desktop to connect.
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