Cannot connect 3rd HTPC to Server.

[Nick's MCE 59]

Hi

Getting very frustrated trying to get my 3rd HTPC to connect to server. I have installed MB3 to a third HTPC but it won't find the server. I have tried both automatically and by putting in the port and I.P manually but just won't connect.

 

I have done this on 2 machines already so I thought that I had it down pat but there is obviously a technical issue.

 

I can see and access the machine through the Home Group and the Network with no problem.

 

I have copied the log file below which says there is some issue.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Nick

Configurator-312014c24b917d7ecd4914804d264dd61b3415.log

[bigjohn 753]

My first guess would be a firewall issue.

[ebr 16169]

What happens if you try to bring up the web client on that same machine?

[Nick's MCE 59]

Thanks for replies.

 

Hope things make sense below, is there anyone who can decipher the log file above as it shows an error.

 

Lets call the server machine 1 and the problem machine 2.

 

Originally I was running a server on both machines with my library duplicated on each machine. I then decided to remove the server from machine 2 and stream from machine 1 with 1 server.

 

The reason for the change is because I need the hard drives out of machine 2 to put in a new Q-NAPS TS421 Home Server. Ultimately the whole house will stream from the Q-NAPS. I needed to get machine 2 streaming from machine 1 temporarily because setting up the Q-NAPS may take me sometime as I have  never done it before and am venturing into new territory. Funny thing is that when I had the 2 servers setup I had to manually enter the I.P's because machine 1 and machine 3 was always finding the server for machine 2 which now can't find anything.

 

I took these steps.

 

Removed MB Server from 2 , (removing all traces)

I then set-up another user on machine 1 server.

I then launched machine 2 configurator with automatically find server, "could not connect to server"

I then manually entered IP and Port, again could not connect.

I then removed MB Classic and deleted any files I could find, (thinking machine 2 was some-how looking for its old server.)

Re-installed MB Classic and did above again, didn't work.

Then re-installed a server back on machine 2 and mapped the folders back to machine 1 through the network.

Machine 2 then couldn't find its own server.

[Nick's MCE 59]

OK, tried to find anything I could in the firewall and allowed the connections, didn't work. I then turned off the firewall and I got a connection, do I need to make some exception or something in the firewall so I can turn the firewall back on or now that the connection is established can will it work.

 

Thanks

Nick

[techywarrior 689]

You need to make sure that both ports, 8096 and 8945 (doing from memory so double check in the web dashboard) are being allowed.

[Nick's MCE 59]

I checked in the firewall on incoming and outgoing and anything I could find with media Browser was allow all ports, not sure where else to look.

[Nick's MCE 59]

I wrote an incoming rule for 8095 and 8945 for ICP & UDP, 4 rules in all. Fired up the second machine and I was able to connect to the server.

 

My problem now is I can't play anything, all the media, clear art and backdrops are there but nothing will play. I get an error message saying "cannot access media, will attempt to stream, use UNC paths on server for direct access"

 

I have used Network paths,   \\NICK_MCE_2\Box Sets. , I must be missing something, any ideas.

 

Thanks

Nick

[Koleckai Silvestri 1154]

If I am not mistaken, the default port is 8096, not 8095.

[Nick's MCE 59]

typo, used 8096

[ebr 16169]

Make sure whatever Windows user is running MBC has access to those UNC shares.

[Nick's MCE 59]

Thanks

First problem was the firewall which I solved by writing the port rules.

 

The UNC paths were correct but and I had the drives shared but not the sub-folders. All working now.

 

How do I mark things as solved.