I was testing WiFi 2.6, getting ready for deployment. I wanted to run this server on a XP SP2 machine, so I tested on the same OS. I found I was not able to connect to the server from “off-site” using Spark.
I searched the forums and ran through some tests. Still was not able to.
So I installed WiFi on a Win2003 server, updated firewall settings and was able to connect from off site with no problems.
Can anyone explain to me why I was unable to connect to my WiFi server when it is running on Windows XP SP2???
thanks,
Mark C.
Hey Mark,
Were you using a firewall in your WinXP SP2 box? Windows XP SP2 includes a built in firewall so make sure that it is correctly configured to let clients connect to ports 5222 and/or 5223. For a quick test you can disable the firewall and see how it goes.
Some tools you might find handy:
Sysinternals Freeware - TCPView: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/TcpView.html
From your client machine you can use telnet to test the connectivity to the server. From the command line you can execute something like: telnet myserver.com 5222. If you are able to connect then your clients should be able to connect as well.
Regards,
– Gato