[WriteLog] Tnx:?Help:WriteLog networking?

[Tony]

Thanks Tom,
   I fixed up the computer names to UPPERCASENOSPACES and all is well between Writelogs running on Win2000 and Win98 machines.

Have a great Field Day, all,

Cheers & 73, Tony
AD6ID

W6GGF "Garlic, Garlic, Forever", Garlic Valley ARC

At 07:18 AM 6/23/03 -0500, tmcdermott at chiaro.com wrote:
>Tony:
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>	Older version of Windows NETBIOS don't know about lower case computer
>	names, or names with embedded spaces. Windows networking doesn't
>	care, but NETBIOS does; Writelog uses NETBIOS to resolve names.
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>	Make sure that both computers have an ALL UPPER CASE computer name, and
>	neither has any embedded spaces. This solved the problem for me between
>	a WinXP and Win95 machine. I posted the gory details about two months ago
>	on the reflector.
>
>	Good Luck on field Day!
>
>	-- Tom, N5EG
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>   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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