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RE: XDMCP on notebook with docking station
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- Subject: RE: XDMCP on notebook with docking station
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 06:49:43 -0400
>> Aloha!
>
> When trying to run XWin.exe on my notebook to connect via
> XDMCP to any XDM server in the LAN, I have no problems as
> long as the notebook is connected via it's Xircom PCMCIA
> card. But as soon as I plug it into the docking station, the
> other builtin NIC (3Com 905C
> compatible) is used and the same command line does not work
> any longer - no connection is established. To drill the
> problem down I used the -from <local-ip-address> option and
> suddenly it worked.
>
> Apparently XWin.exe tries to connect via the unused Xircom
> PCMCIA NIC, even if the notebook uses the other NIC.
Xwin knows nothing about Xircom, 3COM, and other network card. It is
windows which controls the netwrok.
Suhaib
> Since I
> receive my IP adress via DHCP, the above solution will not
> work generally, due to the fact that the IP number changes
> each time I log on, so I need to edit the command line.
>
> Is there a solution to this problem, which enables me to
> connect via the correct interface, whether the notebook is
> using the PCMCIA or the builtin NIC without the need to
> change the startxwin.bat each time I log in?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Regards,
> struppi
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