[WT-support] Spots not appearing in Band Map

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM Stewart G4AFF <stewart at gm4aff.net> wrote:

> 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!


The typical broadcast address is 192.168.0.255 or 192.168.1.255.  The "8"
looks wrong.

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.

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.

See this online Google document, especially the Windows Firewall section,
"Allow an App through the Firewall".

https://bit.ly/n6tvwrtc18


> (Don't answer this, I have already generated enough traffic today.)
>

Sorry, I couldn't resist.  This issue comes up all the time.

73,
Bob, N6TV
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