Help - Basic Network Question

[jeffkey1]

Hello All,

I have just got my box and it has 1.05 beta on it.

I don't have an RS232 cable tonight but I do have a laptop and a LAn cable with a twist.

I think I have set the ip address on the laptop to 198.168.0.1
Sub net 255.255.255.0

and the box to 198.168.0.25 etc.

But I cannot get Dreamup to connect.

Basic question first....

With no lan cable connect should I be able to ping myself on the laptop

with ping 198.168.0.1 ??

I get Destination host unreachable.

(P.S I cannot ping the box either).

[ppp]

Originally Posted by jeffkey1

Hello All,

I have just got my box and it has 1.05 beta on it.

I don't have an RS232 cable tonight but I do have a laptop and a LAn cable with a twist.

I think I have set the ip address on the laptop to 198.168.0.1
Sub net 255.255.255.0

and the box to 198.168.0.25 etc.

But I cannot get Dreamup to connect.

Basic question first....

With no lan cable connect should I be able to ping myself on the laptop

with ping 198.168.0.1 ??

I get Destination host unreachable.

(P.S I cannot ping the box either).

What operating system are you using xp?

Deambox...communication setup...
IP...192.168.0.25
netmask 255.255.255.0
nameserver...192.168.0.1
gateway....192.168.0.1
MAKE SURE either enable network OR configure network is ticked....

Ngrab streaming setup...
svr ip 192.168.0.1

[jeffkey1]

Thanks ppp,

Running xp pro on the laptop.

I am just trying to update the 1.05 beta at the moment, using a LAN cable direct with a twist.

The laptop is not connect to the internet.

Thanks for the input, I will check these tonight.

Also, re-reading the instructions, I may not have followed the steps exactly in getting Dreamup to connect.

I was not powering up the box from the mains, but just taking it out of standby.

I will try again tonight (uk time that is.... )

That's Jeff.

[jeffkey1]

Fixed the problem, it was the home made network cable. The twist was incorrect.