<div dir="ltr"><div>On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM Stewart G4AFF <<a href="mailto:stewart@gm4aff.net" target="_blank">stewart@gm4aff.net</a>> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Out of curiosity I tried using 192.168.8.255 again in both apps and it fails to populate the bandmap. I really want to know why not - it has always worked, even with a single PC! </blockquote><div><br></div><div>The typical broadcast address is 192.168.0.255 or 192.168.1.255. The "8" looks wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>It all depends on the IP address of your Win-Test PCs. If it is connected via WiFi instead of Ethernet, or vice versa, or both (please don't), it may be on a different Subnet (first three numbers are different), depending upon how your Router is configured.</div><div><br></div><div>Windows also by default blocks all "external" TCP/IP traffic, especially if your Network type was changed from "Private" to "Public". This is correctable in Windows Network Settings.</div><div><br></div><div>See this online Google document, especially the Windows Firewall section, "Allow an App through the Firewall".</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://bit.ly/n6tvwrtc18" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/n6tvwrtc18</a></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">(Don't answer this, I have already generated enough traffic today.)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sorry, I couldn't resist. This issue comes up all the time.</div><div><br></div><div>73,</div><div>Bob, N6TV</div></div></div>
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