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Pete, all what you say is exactly what I tried to tell in my frenglish! I could have said it much better in French, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian or Indonesian.!

I never mixed Wideserver with Wideclient. :wink:

Thanks for your very kind extra lesson of UK language! :D

Best regards

Jean Paul

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:D :D :D :idea:

IT WORKS!

With TCP/IP!!! :oops:

Peter thanks for keeping me searching. What happened I think is that I was trying to network 2 PC as 2 servers and 2 clients. It works for datas etc but not for FS and WideFS.

In this case one PC is a SERVER and the other one is a CLIENT. Right?

Only the client retrieves datas from the server. But it does not work the other way round with TCP/IP enabled. At least it is my conclusion concerning XP and win98SE.

Thanks again and good night. +7 here!

Jean Paul Reuland

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Good evening Peter,

I am back trying to set this network.

The 2 PC are communicating but not with TCP/IP because I simply can not do it. I tried enough and with TCP/IP the are disconnected.

So here are the 2 log files I get when I attempt to join FS2002 with Project Magenta.

********* WideServer.DLL Log [version 6.101] *********

Using blocksize guide of 4096 bytes

Date (dmy): 21/01/04, Time 20:11:12.354: Server name is FS2002

50203 Initialising server socket now

81907 Restarting service due to total lack of use

********* WideClient.DLL Log [version 6.101] Class=FS98MAIN *********

Date (dmy): 21/01/04, Time 20:12:36.390: Client name is CDU

31 Attempting to connect now

45045 Error on client pre-Connection Select() [Error=10060] Connection timed out

45207 Ready to try connection again

45210 Attempting to connect now

I am sure you can help with this.

Thanks

regards

Jean Paul

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Good morning,

Thanks for your attention. I am not in front of the sick PC right now but I will check all this later today.

As always, the answers are probably in the Log files which I assume you've not looked at? Please always check the logs for error messages.

Points to note:

1. IPX/SPX is really a problem when using a mixed netwrok of Win98 and WinXP PCs. I could never get it working properly here.

2. If you are using IPX/SPX then the ServerName is no good -- WideClient need the full node Address when the Server is an NT/Win2K or WinXP PC. Please check the WideFS.DOC supplied in the WideFS package.

3. Since WideFS version 5.50, the default protocol is TCP/IP. If you haven't set "UseTCPIP=No" in both Server and Client INIs it will try to use TCP/IP in any case.

4. You need ALWAYS to specify version numbers in any queries. Just saying "updated" is meaningless to me.

Regards,

I checked the log files but I do not understand much about this. It is not really my cup of tea! But I will paste them later today.

1)IPX/SPX is indeed a problem. I do not understand how I had it functioning in December. If I can communicate in both directions with IPX/SPX does it means it could not work for FS and WideFs?

2) In fact I indicated both server name and full node just in case. But no results.

3) Sorry to say but this was also done. No to TCP/IP. I did some reading although :wink: and also went through the Project Magenta readme files. I mentionned it was working fine before this horrible crash.

4) You are right here too. What I mean is that I have installed all the very latest files that you have released so far.:-)

I spent 12 hours yesterday to try to install this wonderful program. I will probably have to spend more time today!:-(

No flyings for the time being!

Regards

Jean Paul

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PC crashed last week and I have been installing everything back from scratch. Big job! So I lost all datas from previous network installation.

Today I have the 2 PC networked again. I can retreive datas in both directions. Already one thing working :D . But concerning WideFs, no signals :cry: !

On computer CDU(name) Win 98SE and ID 192.168.0.2, I have installed wideclient with its own folder within C:\

In the ini file, I have indicated the server name(FS2002 the name of the other PC and the ID 192.168.0.1)

All the folders from Project Magenta are fully sharing inclusive WideClient.

In all the PM folders(ini files) I have indicated the server name and ID as well.

On computer FS2002 with Win XP Pro, I have FS2002 and FS9. In both programs I have installed and registered FSUIPC(latest) and WideFS(updated). The respective files(wideserver.dll and wideserver.ini) are in the Module folders as well as FSUIPC. Both FS programs are fully shared.

For both PC I have chosen PM as workgroup.

When I launch FS and wideFs on the other PC, I have the text "wait for a connection and wait for a client". But still, the 2 PC are networked for sure.

The connection works with IPX/SPX since with TCP/IP it would not connect anymore as in December, God knows why?

In a message on the 15 of December, it was working. What could I make wrong? Thanks for your kind attention.

Jean Paul Reuland

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:D :D :D :D

You know what I mean, right?

It is all what you described. Back to TCP/IP and it rocks.

Thanks Pete

Jean Paul Reuland

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Good evening.

The best is the ennemy of the better!

First I was running FS2002 on a win98SE+FSUIPC+WideFS and Project Magenta on a strong machine with XP Pro and Radeon 9700+1500RAMDDR.

Today, I decided to keep the memories and the VGA card for FS2002 and FS9 and switch back the Project Magenta on the win98SE.

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: It does not work anymore! I have tried all I could, read for hours on the forums, the read me files etc but no reults.

Why does it works on win98SE to XP and not XP to win98SE???

What and where am I doing wrong?

Always says wait for clients and on the other one wait for a connection.

Any suggestions are most welcomed tonight here +7!

Thanks for your kind attention.

All programs are registered ones.

Jean Paul Reuland