cannot ping my laptop

30 Aug 2006 8:25 PM

oli1221

hello all, I hope someone is able to help me out on this. I am trying use a
demo of some software I downloaded which enables you to use your laptop as an
additional monitor for your desktop via network. Seems like a pretty cool
idea. I can't get it to work though. I have the program loaded onto both
computers. I went through the troubleshooting sections but still no luck. I
can ping the desktop from laptop but not visa versa. I am wondering why this
is and if this is the reason the software will not work. Anyone able to help
me out??? If anyone wants to try this software out I got if from
www.maxivista.com. it is a free download. thanks

31 Aug 2006 1:19 AM

Greg Lindsay [MSFT]

If you can ping from one machine to the other, then they are connected.

If they are connected, and you can't ping in just one direction, this is
almost always due to a firewall.

They have provided a good description of firewall issues:
http://www.maxivista.com/docs2/09/manual.htm#firewall

I would check this again.

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Greg Lindsay [MSFT]
greg.lind***@microsoft.com

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
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"oli1221" <oli1***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hello all, I hope someone is able to help me out on this. I am trying use
> a
> demo of some software I downloaded which enables you to use your laptop as
> an
> additional monitor for your desktop via network. Seems like a pretty cool
> idea. I can't get it to work though. I have the program loaded onto both
> computers. I went through the troubleshooting sections but still no luck.
> I
> can ping the desktop from laptop but not visa versa. I am wondering why
> this
> is and if this is the reason the software will not work. Anyone able to
> help
> me out??? If anyone wants to try this software out I got if from
> www.maxivista.com. it is a free download. thanks
>
>