tckellogg

Your comment about silly hassle is insulting! Having spent twenty years in business I have never found it helpful to insult a customer when questions were asked about clarification! You obviously are an expert in this area and this is one of my weaker areas. This is why I bought your software, not to be insulted by someone who appears to be deficient in basic courtesy when dealing with customer service. last post, as I find better support in the FDS forum

I have read the installation guide that comes with FSUIPC. I have also reviewed the WIDEFS User's guide. I am referring to a User's Guide for FSUIPC which I did not see in either download. My older Version of FSUIPC had a User's Guide for FSUIPC included in the download.

Pete, I recognize that the purpose is not to connect to the internet. When WideFS 6.78 was downloaded to get the zip file of WideClient.exe and it prompted me to click on run, the waiting to connect I thought had to do with connecting to the internet to finish installing or downloading additional information for the program. This is what led me down the path of checking my internet connections and trying the different ip address. Now that I know waiting to connect refers to connecting to other computers in the network I will retest my network connections. My network had been working properly, however when Bellsouth installed a wireless router some time ago, I had a problem connecting to the internet. In developing a solution to my internet connection problems, they may have made changes that are affecting my network. Based on the information you have provided, I suspect my problems are related to the connections in my network, since FSUIPC downloaded and installed with no problems It only makes sense to me that WideFS 6.78 should have downloaded with no problems as well. Pete, when I downloaded an earlier version of FSUIPC back in 2005 or 2006, their was a Used Manual included in the download. In the latest version there is an Installation Guide but no User's Guide. Is there a current version of the User's Guide and if so, where can I find it? I know the last time I used the User's Guide a lot when I needed additional information.

Pete, Thanks for the quick responses. Obviously I have been focusing on the waiting to connect message as waiting to connect to the internet, not to other computers on my network. I have been troubleshooting the internet connections, not the network connections. I thought I disabled all firewalls. I will now focus my attention on retesting my network and then report back to you. Thanks again.

Pete, I will try and be more specific. I have purchased MSFS X and replaced MFSF 2004. I have purchased one additional computer and added that to my network. The new computer has Vista, the others have XP. All have the same workgroup name. The networking was working properly on MSFS 2004 and I properly installed a previous version of FSUIPC with WideFS. I just purchased FSUIPC 4 4.6 with WideFS 7 included. When I open MSFS X and click on addons it shows FSUIPC installed along with WideFS. WideFS shows enabled. I then download WideFS version 6.78. It then, based on your comments is installed as I then try to execute run when I am prompted to do so on the screen. This is when I get the message "waiting to connect." I then followed advice from your posts about assigning IP addresses to each individual computer. This does not solve the problem as I still get the message waiting to connect. In addition, I now am unable to connect to the internet. I am assuming that the message unable to connect is referring to the internet. If it is referring to connecting to other computers in the network, then I need to recheck that my network is allowing other computers to talk with one another. Am I one the right track? Also, do you know if anyone has had any problems with computers on the same network using Windows Xp and Windows Vista in different computers? Please be a little patient as this can be very overwhelming when dealing with your software, particularly when trying to troubleshoot a problem that didn't exist when I installed your software using previous versions with MSFS 2004. I will get back with you after I have checked the network to make sure that is working properly. Thanks.

One additional thought. I took my laptop and connected to the internet with an etherent cable with no wireless connection and not on a network tried to install WideClient. Still no luck. Could it be the router for the DSL that is giving me problems?

Pete, I have successfully used FSUIPC and WideFS in the past. I just purchased the latest version of FSUIPC with WideFS and successfully downloaded the software and installed in on my computer. I have downloaded WideClient but have been unable to install it as it says it is waiting to connect. I have tried all the things you suggested in this post. I have searched this site as well as others. I have tried all of your suggestions, however when I do I am unable to connect to the internet. I have tried to assign each computer its own IP address. I have checked that each computer has a different name and that the network name is the same. I am able to connect to the internet by wireless connection or cable to each computer. I have tried to install WideClient using wireless and network cable and neither connects. I have DSL service from my telephone company and use their router. However, their router only has 4 ports, not enough for my 6 computers so I have a linksys router that connects my computers to the DSL router. Perhaps there is a better way to connect these computers. I welcome your advice as to how to proceed as I cannot go any further until I can get WideClient fuctional. Thanks. Tom Kellogg