[WriteLog] WL Remote Control error messages

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> My IP address had not changed.  The passwords were right, etc.  I 
> re-started my shack PC and my laptop that I use for remote 
> contesting, but that didn't work.
I would suspect that a Windows Update (Security Update) which can
happen without your knowledge and without requiring a restart changed
a setting in Defender and/or the Windows Firewall.

> Finally, I just re-installed Writelog on the shack PC - and that 
> solved everything with the WL Remote connection.  Why?  Who knows. 

Again, I would suspect the re-install re-enabled whatever port, etc.
had been "turned off" by the Update.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV

On 4/1/2024 4:56 PM, Jamie Dupree via WriteLog wrote:
> After a lot of troubleshooting, I still don't know why my PC was rejecting the Writelog Remote in recent days.  When I got home early this morning, I couldn't even get WL Remote to work when I was in the house and on the same Wi-Fi system.
> My IP address had not changed.  The passwords were right, etc.  I re-started my shack PC and my laptop that I use for remote contesting, but that didn't work.
> Finally, I just re-installed Writelog on the shack PC - and that solved everything with the WL Remote connection.  Why?  Who knows.  But it worked.
> I sure wish I had thought of that during WPX SSB, but at least it is now on my troubleshooting punch list for the future.
> 73 Jamie NS3T
>