Routing problem?

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I'm trying to connect within my subnet (192.168....) my desktop to my laptop.
My desktop has a fixed address as my laptop. In-between sits a router and a wireless router. Internet works from both.
If I connect the laptop to the main router on an ethernet port, Multiplicity works but if is connected with wifi it doesn't.
Any guess why?
Thanks, Gherardo
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
As far as my knowldge is, MP doesn't have wireless support as of yet .. but I am NOY sure about it ..
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

MP does not care if the network is wired or wireless as it is the same to it (TCP/IP)

Remember your laptop wireless card will have a different IP address to your ethernet port on the laptop.

Running ipconfig from a command prompt should list the IP addresses on your PC.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks both.
My IP address are correct.
I have .220 for wifi and .3 for eth
Do you know what IP tool I could use to trace the routing between the two and so check that is a specific and not widespread (all applications) problem?
Thanks, Gherardo
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have the same set up and am having the same symptom. I can telnet with the ethernet but not the wifi.

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Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have the same set up and am having the same symptom. I can telnet with the ethernet but not the wifi.

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Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmmm. Assuming the laptop is the secondary, and that the Multiplicity client is properly installed and sees your network....

Double-click on the Multiplicity icon in the tray. The resulting dialog box taskbar says "Multiplicity Settings - 192-168-x-x". The latter TCP/IP address needs to match the address in the primary computer's Multiplicity Configuration dialog.

On my setup the Linksys router would occasional reset my addresses when I rebooted the laptop. Making sure the above two match has saved me all kinds of grief. Good Luck

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Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
I have solved the puzzle...

First I had a basic routing problem in the wifi.
I had configured the wifi as a router within the same 192.169.200.x network. I changed that to AP with DHCP referring to my adsl-router and I could then ping perfectly... I did set my laptop with a fixed IP.

Then it was still not working and finally I found a little error I did. I have 3 remotes definitions and it happened the good one was the last one...
Enough to say that in the configure-interface tab my left-hand machine was not the last defined...
As I changed it, it started working.
Wished to share so others will not make the same, silly, mistake.

BTW, thanks for all the contributions, Gherardo