GPL hosting from my office PC??

Hi all, Last week I setup my work PC with PCAnywhere and am now able to control the work-PC from my home-PC. However when trying to host a race it doesn't show up in spyboy or on the internet vroc race list. This might have something to do with the absence of an ip-adress when i'm in the multiplayer screen. When I select host it only gives my three possiblities to accept connection, namely: IPX-node (numers) and two com-ports that are not connected to anyting anyway. Is it correct that when selcting the IPX-node none can join?? How can I get the IP adress into GPL-multiplayer screen??? (btw, I know what the IP-adress is and it's a static one to) Anyone any suggestions please??? Jarno aka Grouse --//--

You have to use TCP/IP to use GPL online. If your office computer is only configured with the IPX protocol, you will only be able to select this on the multiplayer GPL screen. If you use IPX ONLY at work, you will have troubles getting things to work, since your network boxes at work don't necessesarily route IP-packages. If your network route IP packages, and your computer is configured with an IP-number, then you will certainly be able to use your 'puter for GPL hosting. TCP/IP is the protocol for internet traffic, IPX is a protocol for LANs. When you have the host configured for IPX, only computers on the LAN can see your host. ---Asgeir---

> You have to use TCP/IP to use GPL online. If your office computer is only > configured with the IPX protocol, you will only be able to select this on > the multiplayer GPL screen. If you use IPX ONLY at work, you will have > troubles getting things to work, since your network boxes at work don't > necessesarily route IP-packages. I have an IP number Maybe the problem is in the routing. When I run Winipcfg the IP-routing checkbox isn't enabled. Problem is I can't check the box from within winipcfg. Any suggestions how to enable IP-routing?? I mean, I can use TCP/IP to connect from home to the office using pcanywhere (i.e. I fill in the IP adress from the work puter at home and my home compu searches, finds and connects through that IP-adress!! Hope anyone can help, Jarno --//-- 149117jbnospam.vcf < 1K Download

Yes. The IPX protocol does not work over the Internet. Extract the attached file into your GPL folder (if you already have a file named core.ini, just add the contents of this file to your existing file). It tells GPL to use a different method to find your machine's IP address than its default method. This will more than likely cause your IP address to be listed on GPL's multiplayer screens. Randy begin 600 core.ini %/2 Q#0IM ` end

Jarno, Not sure what your net configuration at work looks like, but you might want to try adding the following line under the [Communications] section of your core.ini: alternate_ip_addr_lookup = 1 See if that gets the TCP/IP choice to appear for you. Luck, Trips D. Bell on VROC

Sorry to butt-in on this thread, but I've been trying to do the same thing with V8 of PC Anywhere and been running into a big problem. When I start GPL on the office PC, the PC Anywhere screen on my home pc goes completely black (no display). I know GPL is running because I can click the lower left corner (where the red flag is) and exit back to the desktop of the office pc. I've tried every combination of matching resolutions and color depths but the problem is still there. Just a black PC Anywhere window whenever GPL starts. Any ideas? -- | "Instead of letting the moon be the Bill Mette | gateway to our future, we have let Enteract, Chicago | it become a brief chapter in our

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> Sorry to butt-in on this thread, but I've been trying to do the same thing > with V8 of PC Anywhere and been running into a big problem. When I start > GPL on the office PC, the PC Anywhere screen on my home pc goes completely > black (no display). I know GPL is running because I can click the lower > left corner (where the red flag is) and exit back to the desktop of the > office pc. I've tried every combination of matching resolutions and > color depths but the problem is still there. Just a black PC Anywhere > window whenever GPL starts. Any ideas?

Yes. It sounds very much like you have GPL running on a Voodoo or Voodoo2 on your office machine. You'll need to switch GPL to software rendering mode before you'll be able to use PC Anywhere to remotely control it from home. Apparently, PC anywhere only transmits the contents of the framebuffer of the Primary display adapter, so anything running on a Voodoo or Voodoo2 won't show on the remote screen. The other thing to check is that the PC Anywhere host machine is running in video compatibility mode. To set that, start PC Anywhere on the host machine, go to "Application Options" in the File menu, then hit the "Host Operation" tab, and choose "Compatibility" from the video mode drop down list. Let me know if this doesn't get it working for you... the more people that start remotely hosting on high bandwidth work machines, the more quality races we have available... Trips D. Bell on VROC

Got the same prob. checking video compatibilty cured it though :-))

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> >Hi all, > >Last week I setup my work PC with PCAnywhere and am now able to control > >the work-PC from my home-PC. However when trying to host a race it > Sorry to butt-in on this thread, but I've been trying to do the same thing > with V8 of PC Anywhere and been running into a big problem. When I start > GPL on the office PC, the PC Anywhere screen on my home pc goes completely > black (no display). I know GPL is running because I can click the lower > left corner (where the red flag is) and exit back to the desktop of the > office pc. I've tried every combination of matching resolutions and > color depths but the problem is still there. Just a black PC Anywhere > window whenever GPL starts. Any ideas? > -- > | "Instead of letting the moon be the > Bill Mette | gateway to our future, we have let > Enteract, Chicago | it become a brief chapter in our