Minimserver does not show on network

[simoncn]

(07-06-2015 21:41)bgladdy Wrote:  Sorry to post what should be an easy question but I've spent weeks without success.

I'm running Minimserver/JPlay on a 2 PC setup and cannot access Minimserver from network control points. I can access it via Kazoo on the local machine.

I have tried several control PC's with both Windows 8 and 2012 all with the same problem. All have two ethernet cards installed, one configured as default and connected to my home network, the other configured with static ip and connected directly to the Audio PC via crossover cable.

I've checked that Java is unrestricted in firewall. I was able to get it to work in only one test instance by completely disabling the Windows firewall. However I cannot get it to work in any other scenario or my preferred setup. Right now I even have that machine DMZ in the router but still no joy.

Not sure what to try next. Appreciate a pointer of what to look for next. Thanks.

As I understand it, your setup involves 3 PCs: a server PC running MinimServer, a control PC running a control point and an audio PC running jPlay (connected to the control PC via crossover cable). If I have misunderstood this, please clarify.

If MinimServer works on one server PC when you completely disable the Windows firewall on this machine, this means it is a firewall issue (on this machine). I suggest we start by trying to get this machine working.

Your firewall rule to set Java as unrestricted might be pointing to the wrong Java executable. The Java executable in the firewall rule needs to be the same javaw.exe file that is being used to launch MinimServer. (A typical Windows installation of Java seems to include 3 different javaw.exe files and 3 different java.exe files.) You can use the Command Line column in Task Manager to find out which javaw.exe file is being used to run MinimServer. You then need to make sure that this javaw.exe file is unrestricted in the firewall for both UDP and TCP for both inbound and outbound connections.