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<DIV>Great explanations – thank you Bob!</DIV>
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<DIV>73</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=n6tv@arrl.net
href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net">Bob Wilson, N6TV</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 14, 2014 3:10 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WT-support] WT-support] CORRECTING: Win-test newbie
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Bob Shohet, KQ2M <SPAN
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<DIV class=gmail_extra>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. </DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_extra><FONT color=#0000ff>Win-Test local
network?</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>I just meant that they should work fine in your LAN (Local Area
Network).</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_extra><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)">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:</SPAN><BR><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_extra><FONT color=#0000ff>Charter Internet –>Cisco Cable
Modem->Linksys Router->24 Port Switch->Win-Test computers and other
computers</FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>You can plug all computers into the same switch, and you generally must get
IP addresses assigned by the same router. So what you have should work
fine. Win-test sends "broadcast" packets (UDP) to every computer connected
in your LAN, but only the computers running Win-Test will look at them; the rest
of the computers will ignore them, and you should notice no impact on your
network at all.</DIV>
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<DIV>The easiest thing to do is open a Windows command prompt (Start, Run,
CMD.EXE), and in the command prompt window, type IPCONFIG [Enter].
This will display the "IPV4 address" of the machine, e.g. 192.168.0.2. If
the two machines only differ in the 4th number (e.g. 192.168.0.10 and
192.168.0.15), then they are on the same "subnet" and the broadcast system will
work fine. But you still have to click that "By default" button in
Win-Test on both computers so that both use the same broadcast address.</DIV>
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<DIV>If the two IP addresses are more different, e.g. 192.168.0.10 and
192.168.1.11, then things get more complicated.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_extra><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)">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?</SPAN><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>Don't manually change any
addresses. Each computer will have a unique IP address already.
Chances are very high that clicking the "By default" button on both will be all
the setup you need to do. Just do that, keep Win-Test running on both,
type Alt-G (gab), and whatever message you type should show up on the other
computer, and vice versa. Then you know your network is set up
correctly.</DIV>
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<DIV>73,
<DIV>Bob, N6TV</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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