Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 05:55:33 -0400
From: HECTOR SANTOS
To: JOHN HAMBEL
Subject: RE: wcReports from remote?
Newsgroups: win.server.wcreports
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On 9/27/01 5:49 AM, JOHN HAMBEL wrote to ALL:

> Is it possible to run wcReports, or any other WINS client, from remote?
> 
> I have set up a static IP and entered it into System Security/Network
> but still get the "there are no Wildcat! servers available" message.
> 
> Running the latest AUP.
> 

Yes, it is possible. 

Did you run WCSYSPW.EXE on the client machine?  You have to run it
regardless if there is no password.  It needs to stamp the registry.

Making it work is the key.   Once it works, all the other clients
will work.

The typical barrier is a router blocking the client broadcasting
when it looks for the wildcat server.  

To get around this, use an environment string to define the
server computer name and the server IP address like so:

     SET WILDCATSERVER=server_netbios_computer_name
     SET WILDCATSERVERIP=X.Y.Z.W

The IP string will tell the client to go direct and bypass the
broadcasting.  When the server response to the client with
its connect information, it will include the server's computer
name. Then the client will compare requested server name with
the name returned by the server.
 
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