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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Tim Harvey on July 08, 2005, 10:35:55 pm

Title: remote library server not working using nameservice
Post by: Tim Harvey on July 08, 2005, 10:35:55 pm

I am using MC 11.0.297 on two machines, one which I want to be the master library 'server', the other (I'll call it the client) I wish to use the library remotely from the 'server'.

on the 'server' I goto Plug-ins->Library Server and start the server, its running on port 80.  On the 'client' I go into the Library Manager and I add a library with the location of the server machines ip address it works.  However when I use the server marchine's DNS 'name' (which I can 'ping' via TCP/IP in a command prompt on the 'client') it does not connect to the server.

Is the protocol not able to use DNS name resolution?

Tim

Title: Re: remote library server not working using nameservice
Post by: John Gateley on July 11, 2005, 12:10:03 pm

Yes it can, but sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between a file name and a host name.

Instead of foo.bar.com, use m01p://foo.bar.com/

Thanks,

j