[WriteLog] ?Help:WriteLog networking?

[Kevin Brown]

You missed precisely what it requires.

Contrary to the documentation - your users do NOT have to be part of the
'administrators' group on the machines.  However - we found that you do need
to be logged in with the same username/password on all machines to allow the
DDE shares to work properly.  DDE of course, is a very old and archaic
sharing mechanism...so it simply needs to be tolerated... for now (hint,
hint).

Another issue is to ensure you login as the selected userid at system
startup. The shares are made, and then cached when writelog initializes on
the machine.  Just logging out as one user, then back in as another will not
suffice.  To do that - you will need to run the netsetv.exe (or similarly
named - cannot remember) to restart the DDE shares with the proper user
attributes.

Additionally - workgroups are the way to go - not domains.  Not sure that
domains wouldn't work - but they take a ton more effort to establish (PDC/AD
server, etc).  A real knuckle-biter for what should be a simple networking
effort.

An alternative is to download and support the IP Logbook function - but know
that it requires a Linux machine to run the server code.

I spent an entire evening with 5 other networking 'gurus' trying to setup
our writelog network last week - this is what we ended up proving was
repeatable, time and again. Any minor variations caused
inconsistencies...regardless of platform.  EXCEPT: win98 seems to always
require the user to enter the same userid/password (as you did when first
logging into the machine) when making the connection to the server.

Again- common workgroup, common userid/password to EVERY machine.  Reboot.
Try it again.



Wayne  - please find a way to abandon the DDE api.  The IP based
client/server code is much better - and more appropriate given today's
technology.



-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Tony
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 9:19 PM
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] ?Help:WriteLog networking?


Hi folks,
   I'm checking out the laptops we used for Writelog logging for last year's
Field Day, just to make sure...
   Well, the networking (which worked great last year) will not work. Here
are the details:
   One laptop is running Win98SE the other  Win2000.
   TCP/IP is set for both at fixed IP addresses - 192.168.1.2 and
192.168.1.10. They are the only two connected so far.
   I can ping both from each other.

When I try to connect, I get the Writelog error status window reporting
"Lost connection to <name>". The error is the same from either computer.

   NetBUI is configured on both to use Microsoft networking.
   The Win98 laptop DOES network fine with my Win98 desktop computer.
Writelog works fine between them.
   I tried the Writelog doc check of running NETSETV9.EXE - it reported the
"Network is OK" on both.
   The workgroups are NOT common, though. The win2000 computer can either
belong to a domain OR a workgroup but not both. (I'd prefer not to use the
win2000 machine as a non domain system as I'd haver to coerce a local admin
password out of the folks at work).

   Clues? What did I miss?

Thanks & 73,

Tony, AD6ID

Garlic Valley ARC, W6GGF
Gilroy, CA
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