Ghost 8, boot disks, and Ghostcast

[wallsfd949]

I came into this project after someone left our group. I'm not extremely knowledgable with ghost / ghostcast server. The setup is a Windows 2000 server with ghost 8 installed. (Console, server, and other tools). The clients are Dell OptiPlex GX240 w/ 3Com 3C905C cards.

I used the Ghost Boot Wizard to create a "Network Boot Disk" that includes support for GhostCasting / Peer-to-peer connections. I chose the 3COM 3c90x option for drivers. When I boot the client, it appears that the drivers works as the NOC can see the machine on the switch with the IP I configured it with. I tried to ping it from a remote machine, the first ping attempt returned 400ms with 1 fail out of 4. After that it wouldn't respond to pings.

Attempting to ghostcast (I'm assuming I choose Multicast, directcast, or unicast and specify the server name and Session name I started on the server) does not work at all. I get a generic "not connecting" message. They are both on the same subnet.

Any help or suggestions are appreciated, in the mean time, I'm going to try dell's DOS drivers for the card.

 

[speed01]

A couple of quick questions, how are the machines connected together (directly, switch, network ect.)? Are you trying to go from the server to the Dell or from the Dell to the server? Is there a reason why you have it set to a static IP instead of letting DHCP assign one (providing you have that option)? When you start the session on the server then try to connect with the Dell, does the Dell IP show up on the server? Are you running an Antivirus or firewall on the server?

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[wallsfd949]

They are connected via a Switch (Cisco I believe).

I'm going from the Dell (Workstation) to the Server running ghostcast.

The leg of the network these machines are on does not have a dhcp server avl.

I don't see anything on the server other that "Waiting for clients to connect... "

EDIT:

!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was running McAfee (required by FedEx) but I dissabled on-access scan. Wow.... it worked.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I don't know why that was so hard to figure out.

 

[speed01]

Anytime....

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