• wcReports from remote?

    From JOHN HAMBEL@1:124/5013 to All on Thu Jan 31 19:16:51 2019
    Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 12:44:49 -0400
    From: JOHN HAMBEL
    To: ALL
    Subject: wcReports from remote?
    Newsgroups: win.server.wcreports
    Message-ID: <1001522689.37.0@winserver.com>
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    Is it possible to run wcReports, or any other WINS client, from remote?

    I have set up a static IP and entered it into System Security/Network
    but still get the "there are no Wildcat! servers available" message.

    Running the latest AUP.

    Thanks... John

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  • From HECTOR SANTOS@1:124/5013 to All on Thu Jan 31 19:16:51 2019
    Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 05:55:33 -0400
    From: HECTOR SANTOS
    To: JOHN HAMBEL
    Subject: RE: wcReports from remote?
    Newsgroups: win.server.wcreports
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    On 9/27/01 5:49 AM, JOHN HAMBEL wrote to ALL:

    Is it possible to run wcReports, or any other WINS client, from remote?

    I have set up a static IP and entered it into System Security/Network
    but still get the "there are no Wildcat! servers available" message.

    Running the latest AUP.


    Yes, it is possible.

    Did you run WCSYSPW.EXE on the client machine? You have to run it
    regardless if there is no password. It needs to stamp the registry.

    Making it work is the key. Once it works, all the other clients
    will work.

    The typical barrier is a router blocking the client broadcasting
    when it looks for the wildcat server.

    To get around this, use an environment string to define the
    server computer name and the server IP address like so:

    SET WILDCATSERVER=server_netbios_computer_name
    SET WILDCATSERVERIP=X.Y.Z.W

    The IP string will tell the client to go direct and bypass the
    broadcasting. When the server response to the client with
    its connect information, it will include the server's computer
    name. Then the client will compare requested server name with
    the name returned by the server.

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