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LAN plugin doesn't work
Posted: 2014-04-16, 11:59 UTC
by Thany
It doesn't want to connect no matter what I try. The pc is perfectly reachable by other pc's. There's no firewall between it and the wi-fi. Everything indicates that it should work.
I tried connecting to `netbiosname/share`, `netbiosname`, `ipaddress/share`, `ipaddress` and none of them work. I re-typed my password, just to make sure, but it keeps failing.
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Error connecting to server!
Reported error:
Failed to connect:
0.0.0<00>/192.168.1.45
I don't understand why it doesn't work. It has always worked fine, but I can't test with another pc atm.
Posted: 2014-04-16, 13:35 UTC
by ghisler(Author)
Could you check whether 192.168.1.45 is the correct IP address of your PC?
Posted: 2014-04-16, 15:27 UTC
by Thany
It is, but now that I'm digging a little deeper, I can't ping my pc (from my phone). Not a good sign.
/edit
Yeah, it was the firewall all along. Which is weird, because I wasn't having connectivity problem from other pc's... Fixed it. Working perfectly now.
Perhaps it's a good idea to make these error messages more descriptive.
/edit2
Well, I'm not sure if this is related, but I'm getting a log of "error writing to target file!" for no good reason. Wi-Fi connection is stable, pc at the other end is rock solid.
Can TC at least try again before displaying a (again) generic error message?
/edit3
And a very long cryptic "Error connecting to server" message. (so you *can* be verbose). But try again and it works beautifully.
This is why software (software in general, which includes TC
) should ALWAYS try again before distracting the user with an error message.
Posted: 2014-04-18, 07:00 UTC
by ghisler(Author)
I'm getting a log of "error writing to target file!" for no good reason.
That's odd - when you get this, can you check the target file, please?
- has it been created at all?
- if yes, does it have the right size?
- if yes, is it complete, or only partially copied?
If this file isn't there or only partially, then it was probably a data transmission error, which could still be related to the firewall blocking some of the packets.