Hi all,
I recently purchased an HP LX195 primarily for the media sharing functions (and the added bonus of backups, not much data to back up anyway). I was able to set up the server using a Windows XP Pro computer (since the software wouldn't run on Win 7 for me). However, after that, I was able to get the connector installed on a Win 7 Ultimate and a Win Vista Home Premium computer but neither of them will log in to the server using the WHS Console. Instead when I put in the password, things kind of freeze up and then I get a long error message that says 'This computer cannot connect to your home server. Check your network connection and make sure your home server is powered on. If your home server has recently restarted, try again in a few minutes.' This identical message comes on both of those computers. When I log in using the XP computer, I can see both computers were added properly and it should be collecting media from them and backing them up, but that doesn't seem to be working either. The folder shares (which open fine on all 3 computers) only show the data from the XP Computer.
The shares don't show any files that have been backed up from a client, only files you have copied to the network shares (the backup database is hidden in the background).
Also, I set up a Live ID external URL which is not working as well. I use a Buffalo Nfiniti WZR2-G300N and I opened up a few ports, but I'm not sure what exactly needs to be opened up etc
If your router doesn't have uPnP (or if it doesn't work), you need to forward ports 80, 443 and 4125 to the IP address of your server. See the
Remote Access Technical Brief for details.
any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Are you able to ping your server from either your Vista or 7 clients (both by name and by IP address)? Can you open a command prompt on your XP and Vista clients and type ipconfig /all on both machines, then post the results here?
