<HTML><HEAD></HEAD>
<BODY dir=ltr>
<DIV dir=ltr>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">
<DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; DISPLAY: inline"><B>From:</B>
<A title=n6tv@arrl.net href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net">Bob Wilson, N6TV</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma">
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5">
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 14, 2014 2:01 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=support@win-test.com
href="mailto:support@win-test.com">Win-Test Reflector</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WT-support] WT-support] CORRECTING: Win-test newbie
questions Part I</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; DISPLAY: inline">
<DIV dir=ltr>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:04 AM, Bob Shohet, KQ2M <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:kq2m@kq2m.com"
target=_blank>kq2m@kq2m.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">So
then I do not need to manually assign an IP address through WinTest to each
computer?</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra><BR>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>
<DIV class=gmail_extra> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra><FONT color=#0000ff>Win-Test local network?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra><FONT color=#0000ff>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:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV class=gmail_extra> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra>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.</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra><FONT color=#0000ff>That makes me feel
better. :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra>But you <I>do</I> 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.</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra><FONT color=#0000ff>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?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra><FONT color=#0000ff>73</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra><FONT color=#0000ff>Bob KQ2M</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra>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 <A
href="http://flyspray.win-test.com/index.php?do=details&id=337">Task
#337</A> for more info.<BR><BR clear=all>
<DIV>73,
<DIV>Bob, N6TV</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<P>
<HR>
_______________________________________________<BR>Support mailing
list<BR>support@win-test.com<BR>http://lists.f5mzn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>