octopus: fail to connect

[hendrata]

Hello,

I am using 2 PCs, one with Vista and one with XP. I've installed 3.5 .NET Framework etc and octopus, but they can't seem to connect to each other. Every time I press connect, it always says:
Fail to connect to pc2:7612 where pc2 is the other pc's name. This happens in either direction.

Now, they are both in the same workgroup, and I tried to view them in "My Network Places". The Vista PC can see both, but the XP PC can't see the Vista PC. Either way, octopus still can't connect.
Should I type the IP address directly? If so, what do I type in? I am using a router, so their IP addresses are all like 192.168.1.something

Thanks

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Firewall issues, most likely. Verifying this is dirt simple: just disable it for a minute (ONLY if you're behind a cable/dsl hardware firewall/router!) and try to connect. If it works, you know where the problem is and you can add an exception for Octopus (port 7612) and be done with it.

[hendrata]

Fixed it. Thanks for the advice. Yes it was a firewall problem.