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[WriteLog] Network Setup Help

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Subject: [WriteLog] Network Setup Help
From: Steve Baron - KB3MM" <SteveBaron@starlinx.com (Steve Baron - KB3MM)
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 16:32:10 -0000
DDE is DDE.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Hackler" <rhackler@mindspring.com>
To: "George Skoubis" <george.skoubis@verizon.net>; <scot@k9jy.com>
Cc: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 14:16
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Network Setup Help


> Thanks to all that provided information.  It really helps to have such a
> group of dedicated users ready to help.
>
> Got everything working, now in a very mixed environment with the 2 XP
> machines, one 2000 professional machine, and I added 2 Win 98 machines.
>
> The whole key to it was to ensure that each and every machine had the user
> accounts and passwords for the other machines.  I believe that this only
> truely matters on the 2000 machine, and it would also on NT machines.
>
> Once I set up accounts on the 2000 machine that mirrored the accounts on
the
> XP boxes, the connections came right in.  I had thought I had done this,
but
> I had the caps lock on the 2000 box when I set the password for the
accounts
> that live on the XP boxes.  Once this was corrected, all was well.
>
> As a side note, and this is purely conjecture at this point, There may be
> some Netdde compatibility issues between 2000 and XP.  This is true with a
> Netdde enabled application that I use at work.  While troubleshooting, and
> before I figured out the password thing, I replaced the Netdde.exe file on
> the 2000 machine with a copy of the netdde.exe off of the XP box.  Like I
> said, I am not sure if this is a issue or not, and will try to test it and
> let everyone know.
>
> Once again, Thanks for all of the help!
>
> Look for us at Field Day!  We will be signing N4N, 4a, GA.
>
> 73 de KN6RO
>
> Roger
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Skoubis [mailto:george.skoubis@verizon.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 23:17
> To: Roger Hackler
> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Network Setup Help
>
>
> Roger,
>
>   Win2000 has more robust security than XP home.
>
>   Try creating user profiles (on Win2000) for the users you log on the XP
> machines as (make up a couple if you don't log on to the computers as a
> user).
>
>   Give full read / write / delete access to the directory where writelog
is
> stored on your Win2000 machine.
>
>   Reboot and you should have success.
>
>   If you want to test my theory, try connecting the three machines without
> starting Writelog.  Next, try saving to the Win2000 directory where
Writelog
> files are kept (from an XP computer).  If you can't save or read this
> directory try the user profiles tip.
>
> Good luck,
>
> George / KF9YR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Roger Hackler
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 12:56 PM
> To: writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] Network Setup Help
>
>
> Hey gang:
>
> New writelog user here and loving it. Several of us are planning on
> networking WL for use at this years FD effort.
>
> After fooling around for a few hours, and explicetly using the guidance at
> the k9Jy website, I finally got two machines successfully connected and
> working.
>
> These two machines are running XP home.
>
> Machine 1:  Name is DATARADIO
> Machine 2:  Name is 15Meter
>
> Machine 1 was just set to 'Register to accept Network Connections'
>
> Machine 2 was set to 'Register to accept Network Connections' as well as
to
> "link to network'.
>
> The setup was stored on a 3rd machine in a shared folder called Network.
>
> When I attempt to bring Machine 3 in that is where the problems begin.
>
> Machine 3 is a notebook running Windows 2000 Professional.  I have good
> ethernet connectevity between all 3 machines, as tested with the ping
> command (running TCP/IP instead of NetBeui.  I ran NetSetV9 on the
notebook
> and get the Network Setup OK box.
>
> Here is exaclty what is happening on machine 3:
>
> 1.  Start Writelog
> 2.  Browse for existing log.
> 3.  Select the log (test) in the shared network folder.  I get a window
that
> says there appears to be a journal of QSOs that have not been saved.
> Recover them now?  I select YES.
>
> 4.  Writelog opens, and the log contains all the QSOs i entered on the 2
xp
> machines.
>
> 5.  I do a file/save as and save the file as test in a nonshared directory
> (contest directory under HAM)
>
> 6.  I do a Setup/register to accept network connections.  The letter is N
> (different from the other 2 machines) and the name is NOTEBOOK, which is
the
> netbios name of this machine.
>
> 7.  I do a Setup/link to network.  I link to Machine 1, dataradio.
>
> 8.  I do a setup/ network display name, name the notebook.  I can now see
> all 3 machines in the network frequencies window on the notebook.
>
> 9.  This is where things break.  On the Dataradio machine (the server) it
> appears that the WriteLog network Status window just freezes on the
screen.
> Neither of the 2 XP machines (dataradio or 15Meter) see the notebook.
When
> I attempt to log a call on the DATARADIO machine, I cant even get to the
QSO
> entry area.  It simply will not let me do anything. I log a call onthe
> notebook, it accepts it, but the Dataradio machine doesnt see it nor does
> the 15 meter machine.  The Server (Dataradio) is just frozen.  If I log a
> call on the 15meter machine, it sees it, the notebook sees it, and the
> server (DATARADIO) sees it.
>
> The only way i can get the server to work again is to right click on the
> frozen area on the screen, and close.  when I do that, The Writelog
Network
> Status screen flashes and tells me that it lost connection to notebook.
>
> At that point, I can log on the server (DATARADIO) and all 3 machines log
> the QSO.  I can log on the 15Meter machine and all 3 machines log the qso.
> I can log on the notebook and it only gets logget to the notebook.
>
> Sorry for the long post, but I ma at this point thouroughly confused and
am
> getting very frustrated.  If anyone can provide some insight, I sure would
> appreciate it!
>
> 73 es GL
>
> de KN6RO
>
> Roger Hackler
>
>
>
>
>
>
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