Firewall networked PCs

[Petermuc3]

Hi,

 

I installed on a new PC, Dataprovider on FSX machine (Win7) and Display unit on 2nd PC (XP). Display Unit can only connect

to the provider when the firewall is turned off on Win7 PC. In my firewall setting I allowed Dataprovider to communicate

Home/Work as well as Public. Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks

Peter

 

It seems that I have even bigger problems; display unit hangs with connecting data provider, host name found, so the connection works.

[aivlasoft]

Hi Peter,

 

please try to Google for "networking Win7 Win XP". You will see that networking between these two operating systems can be a hassle ... Sorry, but it's not a problem of EFB.

[Petermuc3]

Yes I know, but I had it running with my former installation also Win7/XP. Now I can ping both ways and if I check name on the unit it shows "Ok host found". Now I got it to the point that it works at least sometimes.

[aivlasoft]

Peter,

 

pressing the button "Check name" does only check whether the computer name is known by the DNS (domain name service). It does not mean that the connection to it could be established. It's just a helper function to make sure that at least the name of the remote computer is spelled correctly.

[Petermuc3]

Urs,

 

yes thanks I got it and I finally have it working

Peter

[aivlasoft]

Thanks Peter, I'm glad to read that you have sorted out the problem.