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I recently have had to rebuild my Wide client hard drive, since then I can not connect to the server. The following are the client.inl, client log and the server ini and log.

[Config]

ButtonScanInterval=20

ClassInstance=0

NetworkTiming=5,1

MailslotTiming=2000,1000

PollInterval=2000

Port=8002

Port2=9002

ResponseTime=18

ApplicationDelay=0

TCPcoalesce=No

WaitForNewData=500

MaxSendQ=100

OnMaxSendQ=Log

NewSendScanTime=50

Priority=3,1,2

Window=105,16,593,57

********* WideClient Log [version 6.70] Class=FS98MAIN *********

Date (dmy): 14/03/07, Time 11:24:01.250: Client name is BOBOWABO

500 Attempting to connect now

1546 Trying to locate server: Protocol not yet decided

1546 Failed to connect: waiting to try again

3562 Attempting to connect now

67562 Trying to locate server: Protocol not yet decided

2296890 ****** End of session performance summary ******

2296890 Total time connected = 0 seconds

2296890 Reception maximum: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec

2296890 Transmission maximum: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec

2296890 Max receive buffer = 0, Max send depth = 0, Send frames lost = 0

2296890 ********* Log file closed (Buffers: MaxUsed 0, Alloc 0 Freed 0 Refused 0) *********

; PLEASE SEE the documentation for parameter details

; ==================================================

[Config]

Port=8002

AdvertiseService=1

AutoRestart=0

AutoUpdateTime=13

MaximumBlock=4096

NoStoppedRestarts=Yes

Port2=9002

RestartTime=10

SendTimeout=15

TCPcoalesce=No

; -----------------------------------------------

[user]

Log=Errors+

; ===============================================

[ClientNames]

1=BOBOWABO

2=NOTEBOOK

( I am attemping to use Client BOBOWABO

********* WideServer.DLL Log [version 6.70] *********

Blocksize guide = 4096 (double allowed)

Date (dmy): 14/03/07, Time 11:17:32.682: Server name is UPS700

176906 Initialising TCP/IP server

176937 Initialising IPX/SPX server

176937 IPX/SPX socket() failed [Error=10047] Address family not supported by protocol family

176937 Failed to start IPX/SPX Server

176937 Initialising UDP/IP server

178171 Broadcasting service every 1000 mSecs

188234 Restarting service due to total lack of use

188250 Failed to start IPX/SPX Server

16292812 Closing down now ...

Memory managed: Offset records: 0 alloc, 0 free

Read buffer usage: 0 alloc, 0 free, max in session: 0

Write buffer usage: 0 alloc, 0 free, max in session: 0

Throughput maximum achieved: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec

Throughput average achieved for complete session: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec

********* Log file closed *********

I even tried adding, ServerName=UPS700. That had no effect. I even compared my client ini with one sent to me by a friend, I saw no difference.

Thanks,

Bob

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I recently have had to rebuild my Wide client hard drive, since then I can not connect to the server.

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500 Attempting to connect now

1546 Trying to locate server: Protocol not yet decided

1546 Failed to connect: waiting to try again

This simply means the Client is not seeing the Broadcasts from the Server. Either you are not using WinXP or Vista on both PCs or the Network isn't working correctly. I think you need them to be in the same workgroup.

You don't need to rely on the broadcasts if you provide the ServerName= and Protocol= parameters in the WideClient.INI file. The automatic connection system, which works fine for 99% of cases is quite a recent addition, but in the past you always had to tell Wideclient how to find the Server.

I even tried adding, ServerName=UPS700. That had no effect.

That would stop it connecting to a different Server, assuming it ever saw any broadcasts at all, but it would still need to see UPS700's broadcast to determine the Protocol it should use. Try adding the Protocol parameter (e.g. Protocol=TCP).

It may still not work -- if you are using WinXP or better on both PCs then the broadcasting would work fine if you had both PCs on the same subnet and in the same workgroup. If that sort of stuff is wrong they may not see each other in any case.

I even compared my client ini with one sent to me by a friend, I saw no difference.

That's not surprising considering the default INI is the same on every installation (how can it change if you don't change it?), and as it works in 99% of cases it is rarely changed. ;-)

Regards

Pete

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I checked the workgroup name in each computer, one was HOME' and the other was HOME. I corrected that but it didn't help, I then added Protocol=TCP and just like magic, the two connected.

Many Thanks,

Bob

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I checked the workgroup name in each computer, one was HOME' and the other was HOME. I corrected that but it didn't help, I then added Protocol=TCP and just like magic, the two connected.

The broadcasting from the Server isn't working then. You never said whether both your systems are running WinXP.

Pete

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