[WriteLog] Dupe Checking on Network

[Bob Naumann - N5NJ]

It sounds as if WL was scoring as Multi-2 instead of Multi-1(single).

> ------------Original Message------------
> From: Aldewey at aol.com
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Date: Mon, Nov-22-2004 9:58 PM
> Subject: [WriteLog] Dupe Checking on Network
>
> I set up a two computer Club Station for networking in SS last weekend. 
>  Both 
> stations use Windows 98.  I followed the steps under "Networking 
> Operations" 
> in the help file.  Specifically, I configured a SS file on Computer A, 
> did a 
> "Register to Setup Network Connections" and than saved the file on 
> Computer #1. 
>  On Computer #2, I accessed the file from the C drive of Computer #1 
> and then 
> saved it locally on Computer #2 as instructed.  I "Registered to Accept 
> 
> Network Connections" on Computer "2 and then selected "Link to Network" 
> from both 
> computers.
> 
> All seemed to work well.  QSOs entered on Computer #1 showed up on 
> Computer 
> #2 and vice versa.  I connected computer #1 to the Telnet for spots and 
> then 
> setup Computer #2 to get it's spots from computer #1 and that worked 
> fine too.
> 
> The problem was that dupe checking did not work accross computers.  
> Computer 
> #1 would only dupe against the calls that had been entered on Computer 
> #1 and 
> Computer #2 would only dupe against calls that had been entered on 
> Computer 
> #2.
> 
> We tried everything but could not get the dupe checking to work across 
> the 
> network although the calls entered in each computer seemed to show up 
> in both 
> computers logs OK.
> 
> Any idea of what we might have done wrong?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Al, K0AD
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