Possible ?? XP has the "feature" that if a particular network port is not physically connected it will disable it - this means that you can get a ping to the loopback address (127.0.0.1) and but NOT from the actual IP addresses.
"Not physically connected" can occur for several reasons, cable not in, switch settings that are incompatible through to network guys establishing VLANs within the switches with the server on one side and the clients on the other, etc. Further, we had problems when the packet size parameters where changed on a couple of routers. Check if the server is actually connected - can you PING to the real IP address from a client and can the server PING one of the clients ?? Sounds like something is seriously wrong at the network layer .. One check we use is to carry onsite a small cheap (read very dumb) switch and connect the server and a client directly through that switch. When it all works OK, it is amazing how network guys suddenly admit to changes they have made ... Brian __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
