Ecmserver
 

thinking an ecmserver would make it easy for me to coordinate my personal ecm on my 3 machines i have set up an ecm server and it works with both the server and the client running on the same pc but i cannot get the other pcs to see the server
on the host pc i use the line for setting the ip address server=100:a:localhost:8194 and that works for that pc only
what should i use on the other pcs
the local ip address of the pc the server is on is 192.168.1.2
i have tried the external ip address that is the same for all my pcs as they all connect to one router
the host operating system is vista ultimate i have also tried getting that to access an xp system

what am i doing wrong
thanks in advanced
henryzz

[QUOTE=henryzz;124179]thinking an ecmserver would make it easy for me to coordinate my personal ecm on my 3 machines i have set up an ecm server and it works with both the server and the client running on the same pc but i cannot get the other pcs to see the server
on the host pc i use the line for setting the ip address server=100:a:localhost:8194 and that works for that pc only
what should i use on the other pcs
the local ip address of the pc the server is on is 192.168.1.2
i have tried the external ip address that is the same for all my pcs as they all connect to one router
the host operating system is vista ultimate i have also tried getting that to access an xp system

what am i doing wrong
thanks in advanced
henryzz[/QUOTE]

Are you running any firewall on Vista?

Luigi

i am running the firewall that comes with vista
i just turned it off and tried again and it didnt work

[QUOTE=henryzz;124179]on the host pc i use the line for setting the ip address server=100:a:localhost:8194 and that works for that pc only
what should i use on the other pcs
the local ip address of the pc the server is on is 192.168.1.2

i have tried the external ip address that is the same for all my pcs as they all connect to one router[/QUOTE]

server=100:a:192.168.1.2:8194

or perhaps :devil:

server=95:a:192.168.1.2:8194
server=5:oddperfect:oddperfect.no-ip.com:8201


To use the external ip address, you will need to activate port forwarding on the router to forward port 8194 to 192.168.1.2

William

i tried using the instructions on this page [URL]http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Huawei/EchoLife-HG520s/default.htm[/URL]
this is the rule i created:
Rule
Application Protocol Start Port End Port Local IP Address Start Port(Local) End Port(Local) 1 ecmnetserver ALL 8194 8194 192.168.1.2 8194 8194

this does not work
what did i do wrong
i really know nothing when it comes to routers

[QUOTE=henryzz;124282]i tried using the instructions on this page [URL]http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Huawei/EchoLife-HG520s/default.htm[/URL]
this is the rule i created:
Rule
Application Protocol Start Port End Port Local IP Address Start Port(Local) End Port(Local) 1 ecmnetserver ALL 8194 8194 192.168.1.2 8194 8194

this does not work
what did i do wrong
i really know nothing when it comes to routers[/QUOTE]Instead of "ecmnetserver" you will need something like "TCP" or "UDP". They are the IP (Internet Protocol) protocols which routers generally need. Almost certainly (I haven't looked at the code) it will be TCP you want as that's the one where packets are guaranteed to be delivered and are guaranteed to arrive in the correct order. UDP is free to drop packets and to deliver them in any order it feels like.

Paul


(added in edit: TCP is the protocol you want. My ADSL router has this rule set up:

[code]
ID Public Port Private Port Port Type Host IP Address
2 8194 8194 TCP 192.168.1.1
[/code]
so you may be able to model yours on mine.)

that rule applied to both tcp and udp
is 192.168.1.1 the ip address of the pc ur server is on or ur router
because i set mine up to the server pc

[QUOTE=henryzz;124293]that rule applied to both tcp and udp
is 192.168.1.1 the ip address of the pc ur server is on or ur router
because i set mine up to the server pc[/QUOTE]As is usual, everything on 192.168.1 is inside the router. The router itself is 192.168.1.128, my systems with static IP addresses are 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.127 and those with DHCP-assigned addresses (used for visitors' laptops mostly) are 192.168.1.129 through 168.192.1.254.

Needless to say, neither address space is fully populated. I may have more systems in my house than most people, but I don't have that many!


Paul

P.S. Could you try using more conventional English spelling and clearer grammar when asking for help please? I may be an old fogey but I find decoding your txt spk an additional strain to try to understand what you're asking. Remember that if you want help, it aids your cause if you make answering your question as easy as possible.

[QUOTE=henryzz;124179]thinking an ecmserver would make it easy for me to coordinate my personal ecm on my 3 machines i have set up an ecm server and it works with both the server and the client running on the same pc but i cannot get the other pcs to see the server
on the host pc i use the line for setting the ip address server=100:a:localhost:8194 and that works for that pc only
what should i use on the other pcs
the local ip address of the pc the server is on is 192.168.1.2
[/QUOTE]

So far I understand:
You have at home 3 computers that you would like to run ECM on.
You currently have the ECMNET package running on 1 of these computers (the computer with IP 192.168.1.2).
The ECMNET client on computer 192.168.1.2 can connect to the ECMNET server on the same computer.
In the configuration of the ECMNET client you use "server=100:a:localhost:8194".

The ECMNET client on other computers are not able to contact the ECMNET server.


Possible checks:
1. Make sure that the computer where ECMNET server is running on doesn't have a firewall active (Windows Firewall or Norton/Symantec/McAfee/etc integrated firewall products)
[sub](advanced: or add a rule to the active firewall to allow TCP traffic to/from the ECMNET server)[/sub]

2. In the configuration file for the ECMNET client on the other 2 computers you have to change "server=100:a:localhost:8194" to "server=100:a:192.168.1.2:8194".
Start the ECMNET client on one of the other computers and check if it can connect to the ECMNET server. (if not than check point 3.)

3. Check on the other two computers if you can PING the computer where the ECMNET server is running on.
"Start" -> "Run" -> type "cmd" and press enter
In the dos-box type "ping 192.168.1.2" and press enter.
There should be a similar message as the following (or in an other language ofcourse)
[code]
C:\>ping 192.168.1.2

Pinging 192.168.1.2 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
[/code]
If you receive a message with "Timed out" or "Destination address not reachable" there is a general problem in the IP-network configuration (or an active firewall on the other machine). [sub]There are other steps for this - but not needed to explain at the moment (perhaps someone has a simpel networking faq in english somewhere?).[/sub]

to botxxx
1. i have always tried that as well as localhost
2. i turned all firewalls off and it still didnt work
3. ping 192.168.1.2 works
thanks for clarifying what my problem is to others
all the info in ur post is correct

to xilman:
[quote]P.S. Could you try using more conventional English spelling and clearer grammar when asking for help please? I may be an old fogey but I find decoding your txt spk an additional strain to try to understand what you're asking. Remember that if you want help, it aids your cause if you make answering your question as easy as possible. [/quote]
sorry i will try to not to talk in text speak on this forum
if i forget please tell me

are people thinking that i have somhow solved my problem