[WT-support] Nice job N6TV and free Nel-Tech DVR

[DALE LONG]

First of all I want to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the recent support thread.  Thats the way support should be done, not accusing or flippant answers. Some of those answers required some serious effort. Kudos to Bob,N6TV.

As part of the conversation there was mention of the original DVR made by Nel-Tech.  I've got one that I'd be happy to give away. It needs cleaning, and has some cables attached but hasnt been used in years.

Price is right (free)

73

Dale - N3BNA


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 From: "Bob Shohet, KQ2M" <kq2m at kq2m.com>
To: support at win-test.com 
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [WT-support] WT-support] CORRECTING: Win-test newbie questions Part I
 


From: Bob Wilson, N6TV  
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 2:01 PM
To: Win-Test Reflector 
Subject: Re: [WT-support] WT-support] CORRECTING: Win-test newbie 
questions Part I
 On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:04 AM, Bob Shohet, KQ2M <kq2m at kq2m.com> wrote:

So  then I do not need to manually assign an IP address through WinTest to each  computer?

If both computers are already able to browse the 
Internet, then they already have IP addresses (using Windows DHCP is the easiest 
way to do this).  These will work fine in a Win-Test local network in most 
cases. 
 
Win-Test local network?
 
Does this mean that I can not have 
both Win-Test computers connected to the same 24 port switch to which my other 
(non-Win-test) computers are connected?  The switch is connected to my 
Cisco Cable Modem (Charter Internet) and Linksys Router as follows:
 
Charter Internet –>Cisco Cable 
Modem->Linksys Router->24 Port Switch->Win-Test computers and other 
computers 
 
Yes there are places in the documentation that encourage 
the use of fixed IP addresses, but I no longer recommend doing that since the 
disadvantages far outweigh the advantages in my opinion.
 
That makes me feel 
better.   :-)
 
But you do have to set the broadcast address to 
the same value in the Win-Test Interfaces Configuration screen (SETUP [Enter]) 
on both computers.  Check "Enable Ethernet network" and click the "By 
Default" button next to broadcast address and it should set it to something like 
192.168.0.255 automatically.  Do not try to use arbitrary values here; just 
click the "By Default" button.
 
Thank you – that is very 
helpful!  I assume that if for some reason the two computers have different 
address values, then I should manually change the address on the 2nd computer to 
that of the first computer, correct?
 
73
Bob KQ2M
 
Note:  some Comcast routers assign IP addresses like 
10.0.0.1, and the "By Default" button doesn't assign a proper broadcast address 
for these.  See Task 
#337 for more info.


73, 
Bob, N6TV
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