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Is the server runnin gon the remote machine? What are the firewall settings between the two machines? Can you communicate with th eremote machine in any other manner, such a pinging it?

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@Mark_Yedinak wrote:

Is the server runnin gon the remote machine? What are the firewall settings between the two machines? Can you communicate with th eremote machine in any other manner, such a pinging it?

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Only the client is running on the remote machine.

I've turned off the windows firewall on both host and remote machine if this is what you mean?

I've haven't tried pinging it, good idea! I'll give it a go tomorrow.

You need to run the server on one computer and the client on the other. The server must be started first. Is your host machine the server and the remote the client? What are the IP addresses of both machines? How are they connected?

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@Mark_Yedinak wrote:

You need to run the server on one computer and the client on the other. The server must be started first. Is your host machine the server and the remote the client? What are the IP addresses of both machines? How are they connected?

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I've successfully pinged the server and the client..

The server is running on my desktop (host) and the client is running on a laptop (remote).

The server is being started first as it creates a listener on my specified port.

Sever (host) IP is 10.0.0.175 and Client (remote) IP is 10.0.0.183

Both machines are on the same wireless network.

Does your WiFi access point/router have a firewall? What port are you using? Have you tried using a different port number?

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@Mark_Yedinak wrote:

Does your WiFi access point/router have a firewall? What port are you using? Have you tried using a different port number?

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Not sure if router has a firewall, I'll have to check with IT.

Regarding port numbers I haven't tried too many, namely 2055 and 5001.

I guess I also try with a range of port numbers aswell...

Appreciate the guidance

Hi, I am also having the same problem and I can ping both computers thru cmd on windows and the can see each others IP address so the firewall on both computer are off and all ports are open. I was reading you talk about using a higher port number is that more likely to be the problem?

Thank You, 

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@Anthony86 wrote:

Hi, I am also having the same problem and I can ping both computers thru cmd on windows and the can see each others IP address so the firewall on both computer are off and all ports are open. I was reading you talk about using a higher port number is that more likely to be the problem?

 

Thank You, 

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Just because you can ping the other address does not indicate that the firewall is off. You need to verify that the firewall is actually off. Ping (ICMP) are treated differently that TCP ports in firewalls. It is quite common to be able to ping an IP address but not be able to open a connection on a specific port. You can do a "netstat -a" to see what ports are currently in use on the computer. It is possible that you are using a port that is already in use. What port are you using?