[WriteLog] Open Letter to Wayne - Networking

[Roger Hackler]

At N4N, this was the fourth year we used Writelog in a networked
environment.  I can attest that it is a bunch better now than a few years
ago.  What made it really easy for us this year was that we ran all 9
stations on the same OS, which was Windows 2000 SP3.  We used a 9 of
salvaged IBM thinkpads.

The key for us was that we loaded one machine with the OS and Writelog. The
NetBIOS name was creatively enough N4N1.   We set up that machine with a
user name of n4n and a password of n4n. We loaded Userport on that machine
and got the parallel interface available in WL.   We set up the machine to
get it's IP address from a DHCP server.  We then imaged that machine and did
a core load on the eight other machines.

At that point, we changed the machine name on the other 8 machines,
creatively enough to N4N2, N4N3, etc.  All that was left to do was customize
the rig control and keying interfaces as required.

We ran the entire contest with minimal problems.  NetDDE would die
occasionally, but it was no big deal.  We simply stopped and restarted the
service on the effected machine as we had time.  You have to remember that
the logs will synch when the machine came back on line.

All in all we had no complaints this year.  Admittedly, we have 4 years of
experience using WL in the FD environment.

If I could give any tips, it would be to follow the instructions in minute
detail from the K9JY website.  If you are using 2000 or XP, make sure you
follow the instructions on the WL website (They are referenced on the K9JY
site).

One of the biggest steps is to make very sure that you have the identical
log on each machine from the start, and that you do a Save configuration and
Save File on each machine, every time you do anything.

Just my 2 cents worth.

73 de KN6RO

-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Robin D. Keller
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 23:29
To: WriteLog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Open Letter to Wayne - Networking


At 10:55 AM 6/28/2004 -0400, Steve Gorecki wrote:
>With the power of Writelog and it's networking, I have a suggestion in
>improving the networking flexability of WL.
>
>
>   SNIP


	We used 5 133mhz machines.

	All had:
	 Disk drives wiped.
	 Vanilla copy of WIN 98.
	 Workgroup name of WL
	 Computer names A,  B,  C,  D and N.
	 Burn in for 2 weeks before FD.
	 One died upon movement.
	 Replaced with spare (Name "F").
	 Only problem was when power failed.
	 Rig control two of the rigs.
	 LPT port keying on 3 rigs.
	 One used CW decode (via the RTTY).
	 Writelog was PERFECT.

	We used to use whatever machines we could find.  WINDOZE makes this very
difficult.  Getting some old machines,  running the same OS and the same
version of WL solved all the problems.

	BTW,  ten working Pentium 133's only cost us $75.00 from a local salvager.
 Money well spent (IMHO).  Yes they take up more room.  Get over it.





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