Hi,
the first thing to check is that the IP's are valid by pinging
them.
Go to the DOS window, and type ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
and see if you get replies or timeouts.
If you can ping one machine from another, then communication is
possible.
You might find that the machines are on different
Hi Sacha,
Your comments put me on the right track, thankyou.
I have nearly zero experience of networks, although slightly more now.
I tried pinging with no message from the other machine and realised I
needed a network operating between the 2 machines before I could run a
Labview client and
On the client side the users will need to fill in the IP address or
domain of the server. If that IP is on the Internet or somewhere else
that will work as long as the client PC has physical access and
permission to open a tcp connection (no firewalls that block the port
you are using etc.)
Make
Mads,
Thanks for that, I am struggling, My current PC configuration is one
98SE PC connected to the internet using broadband and a XP laptop
connected to the net using a 56.6k modem. I tried using Simple Data
Server, Simple Data Client vi's. I found what I think is the IP
address of the PC which I