DairyCreamer

Well, my need/want was to have SquawkBox and/or FSInn on my laptop with FS running on my main rig. I didn't realize WideFS wasn't required for such an operation. I don't have any of that extra equipment you mention (maybe one day)... so I guess I was mistaken in my purchase. Thanks for your work. ~Nate

Hmm... I guess I should have done my homework before dropping on a WideFS license. I guess I didn't quite realize what it was for. The "problem," per se, isn't so much with anything directly with FSUIPC or WideFS... it's just my general lack of ability to network anything. I didn't intend to make it sound like there was a problem with the software at all, rather that I'm painfully aware of my user error. In fact, I don't see my laptop on my network from my main box. I probably shouldn't be asking here for assistance with that then, and I apologize. Outside of my networking inability, would someone kindly share how they DO use WideFS? While apparently I won't be using it for what I thought I would, any input on that end would be appreciated. I'd hate to own a program I wont use. ~Nate

Hi there, I've been using FSUIPC for a while, but I just purchased a license for WideFS for the first time with the hopes of hooking my wireless laptop to my network and let it do the "lifting" for Squawkbox or FSInn, mostly just to declutter my cockpit of that while flying. For my main computer, I'm running FSX on Vista Business x64 and it's hardwired to my router on a static IP. My laptop is a netbook running WinXP, on the wireless network also with a static IP. I've done my best to read the guides for both FSUIPC and WideFS. FSUIPC is installed for FS, and registry keys entered for both FSUIPC and WideFS. WideClient is installed on the laptop. At this point, I'm honestly not sure what to do. I just want to be able to fire up FS on my main computer and run a VATSIM pilot client on the laptop. I've run them on the same computer for years... just trying to do something a little different now. How can I verify there's a connection between my two computers? Do I just install the pilot client on the laptop and run it? I trust this is just a network connecting issue, but I'm not that great at networking stuff... I just need some help. Thanks a bunch. ~Nate