Network Laspe = Completely Broken Multiplicity?
Grrr...
Saturday, October 8, 2005 by Cryz | Discussion: Multiplicity
Had Multiplicity about 2 days, originally got it because I play WoW and have a bunch of chars across a bunch of accounts and wanted to play them all. Then I discovered how damn useful it is for pretty much... everything else... I have all wireless keyboards and mouses but still switching between the four pcs takes time and I usually get the wrong mouse/keyboard combos lol.
I am a graphic designer, so it became extremely useful.
Now I have the pro version of this software, I though if I ever got the gumption up to bring the other pc to me I'd probably want to use it (not something happening soon) but for now, it was being used between my primary and secondary pcs which are located directly beside each other.
Vyger V was the secondary PC whereas, Xypher was the primary. Both Machines are the exact same except for things noted below:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/8/2005, 05:28:43
Machine name: XYPHER
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. (Vyger was built by alienware)
System Model: Dimension 8400
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05 (Vyger has different BIOS)
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 302MB used, 2154MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (Vyger has a 5950)
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 6800
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00C1&SUBSYS_024510DE&REV_A2
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Description: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [D8C0]
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
So that said, when I installed the program Multiplicity 2 days ago it took a bit of work to get working, but worked fine once it did (Except for the annoying issue of if I was moving a char in WoW and switched to the other pc before stopping movement, I would find that character permantly stuck in move mode) and I sorta got used to it.
This morning we had a strange unexplained network crash. Turned on the pcs to dicover them flashing limited or no connection warnings, checked the lines they were fine, checked the routers they were fine, checked the modem it was fine yet none of them would connect. I finally did a full network reset (all pcs off, all modems off, all routers off) and then cycled it back on (modem on, then routers on, then pcs on) and the network went back to working, but... Multiplicity does not work.
Strangely enough, even though my connection is Cable, my ip address for the secondary pc had chanced, it was XXX.XXX.XX.101 NOW its XXX.XXX.XX.100 not a huge change but I thought that might be the issue so I went ahead and changed the ip address in the configuration but didnt help. Now according to the router, everthing is running, and I can connect to the net.
I did put the computers on standby last night, rather then shut them down, not sure if that had anything to do with it. But I'm finding myself going crazy without the ability to use hte program... so... help ;-;
I am a graphic designer, so it became extremely useful.
Now I have the pro version of this software, I though if I ever got the gumption up to bring the other pc to me I'd probably want to use it (not something happening soon) but for now, it was being used between my primary and secondary pcs which are located directly beside each other.
Vyger V was the secondary PC whereas, Xypher was the primary. Both Machines are the exact same except for things noted below:
------------------
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 10/8/2005, 05:28:43
Machine name: XYPHER
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. (Vyger was built by alienware)
System Model: Dimension 8400
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05 (Vyger has different BIOS)
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 302MB used, 2154MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (Vyger has a 5950)
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 6800
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00C1&SUBSYS_024510DE&REV_A2
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Description: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [D8C0]
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
So that said, when I installed the program Multiplicity 2 days ago it took a bit of work to get working, but worked fine once it did (Except for the annoying issue of if I was moving a char in WoW and switched to the other pc before stopping movement, I would find that character permantly stuck in move mode) and I sorta got used to it.
This morning we had a strange unexplained network crash. Turned on the pcs to dicover them flashing limited or no connection warnings, checked the lines they were fine, checked the routers they were fine, checked the modem it was fine yet none of them would connect. I finally did a full network reset (all pcs off, all modems off, all routers off) and then cycled it back on (modem on, then routers on, then pcs on) and the network went back to working, but... Multiplicity does not work.
Strangely enough, even though my connection is Cable, my ip address for the secondary pc had chanced, it was XXX.XXX.XX.101 NOW its XXX.XXX.XX.100 not a huge change but I thought that might be the issue so I went ahead and changed the ip address in the configuration but didnt help. Now according to the router, everthing is running, and I can connect to the net.
I did put the computers on standby last night, rather then shut them down, not sure if that had anything to do with it. But I'm finding myself going crazy without the ability to use hte program... so... help ;-;
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Reply #1 Monday, October 10, 2005 12:26 PM
>>This sounds more like a WoW gameplay issue and cannot be resolved through any updating to Multiplicity.
Have you doublechecked the machine configurations in multiplicity? I know they explicitly set the IP address for the connection there (It might be a better idea to use static IPs rather than dhcp).
If nothing else works, you should be able to uninstall/reinstall to resolve your issues with the program.
-Mike
[Stardock Support]