Server Not Found Error - Did You Remember to Check the Configurator Settings?

[mobilelawyer 2]

I kept getting server not found errors on all my home networked computers. I tried the suggestion of updating the software, and that did not work. I had forgotten about the settings in the configurator! For some reason, after a power outage or a router snafu, the address for the computer running the server changed. When I opened the configurator, I simply entered the new address of the server, and everything worked swimmingly.

 

I do point out that the original settings on the configurator were set to automatically find the server, so I am not sure why it stopping doing that. All is working fine now.

[ebr 15580]

Two things you can do to prevent this in the future:

 

1) use the machine name instead of the IP address in the address field (recommended)

 

OR

 

2) configure the IP address on the server to be static

[SilentAssassin 96]

This is not just MBC related but why doesn't the auto discover mechanism detect the hostname of the sever instead of the IP? This would solve this issue.