wingate and flash apps

[lthrwolf]

i have 2 computers networked via crossover cable using wingate 6.2.2 build 1137. i cannot access an adobe flash based chatroom on my client machine.
It says cannot connect to server. Is there something im missing in the setup??

Thank you

[adrien]

Do you know if DNS is working on the client machine?

e.g. if you go to a command line and try

ping www.wingate.com

do you get an IP address reported?

[lthrwolf]

it says "could not find host wingate.com"

[adrien]

ok, that indicates that DNS isn't working on the client machine.

How does the client machine get its IP address? automatically, or have you set it manually?

[lthrwolf]

it is set in the tcp/ip settings. it doesn't get its address automatically.

[lthrwolf]

That was the problem. changed it to get ip automatically and it logged right on. Thanks