[WriteLog] Writelog Networking Question

Sun Oct 30 12:32:06 EDT 2016

Esteemed Writelog Users:

I recently upgraded all six of my old Win XP computers to newer Win 7 
machines (not ready to move to Win 10 here in the shack yet). The other day I 
installed Writelog (V 11.07) on these machines so that I could use it in 
the upcoming CQWW CW Contest.

Everything seems to work with one exception. I can not get packet spots 
passed through the packet window from the master computer to each of the 
other five band computers. The networking is set up properly (at least I 
think so) as I can pass QSO's; radio and band information; and "network gab 
messages to all computers on the network. I am networking through ethernet 
connections and communication to the internet packet cluster through telnet.

When I initialize the packet windows on each of the networked computers it 
tells me I have to set up a comm port on the specific computer. I have 
always used the "local network" command with XP and it worked fine. Now it 
tells me I can't establish a connection to the "master" computer that is 
getting the packet spots What am I missing here? Is there a permission I 
need to set in Win 7 to allow me to do this?

Any help that any of you could provide would be greatly appreciated. 
Please respond to my e-mail address to keep the traffic down on the reflector.

73............de Goose, W8AV