It looks like the problem is with guys named George! See my note below to George, W3WXZ. He later emailed me that this fixed his problem.
73, Gary AL9A >I have enabled telnet in Vista64. I can log into a dxcluster thru windows >telnet but not thru Dxbase. I think I saw something about the >"host file" >location? > >Can someone help me solve the problem? All other parts of the program are >working fine--- radio control, etc.......... > >George Nicholson <N4GRN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary AL9A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "George L Bernlohr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: February 22, 2008 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Dxbase and vista > Hi George, > > I too recently migrated to a new machine with Vista Home Premium and had > the same internet connection problem with DXB2006. I'm not sure what Jack > suggested you try, but this is what worked for me. In my case my old XP > machine was still running, so I copied the Hosts file in the Windows > directory from that machine over to the new machine. Note this was the > Hosts file in the Windows directory, in which I had made new entries, not > the original one in the Scientific Solutions/DXB2006 folder. In your > case, because your old machine crashed, you'll need to use the Hosts file > in the DXB2007 folder that you indicate you can open and see the list of > IP addresses. (Or I can send you a copy of mine direct.) > > The trick is to get that Hosts file in the right location for Vista. It > must reside in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. If you look in that > location you will find a Hosts file there. The first line in that file > says "This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows". > In my case DXB renamed that file Hosts.dxb26.bak. I can't remember the > exact sequence of how this happened, but just rename it to something like > Hosts.bak. Then copy the Hosts file from DXB2007 to > C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. Start up DXB and go to to > Tools/Options/User Options/Internet and see if you can see the IP > addresses. If you can, select the one you want and it should connect. You > may have to edit the Hosts file to add a favorite IP if it's not in the > list. Good luck. > > 73, > Gary AL9A > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George L Bernlohr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: February 22, 2008 8:01 AM > Subject: [Dxbase] Dxbase and vista > > >>I recently had a fatal crash on my old computer with XP installed and >>recently got a new computer with Vista home premium installed. I >>installed my Dxbase 2007 and find I cannot connect to the internet now. >>Jack was kind enough to recommend several things to do but I still cannot >>connect to the internet. Anybody using the same setup that I have and has >>no problem please let me know what you did to connect. I can find the >>host file in Dxbase but the file list of addresses do not show up. I >>can open the file of addresses with WordPad but that is all. Any help >>would be appreciated. Thank you. >> >> George Bernlohr W3WXZ >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Dxbase mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >
