box problems

Hello there. I've been reading this forum for some time now and I finally decided to give multi-boxing a go, actually dual-boxing (in World of Warcraft) Smile

I have 2 PCs (I'll give the specs in a momment) and I've been toying with 3 apps basically:

- Synergy: it worked superb when it comes to moving from a desktop to the other and stuff, I was really impressed. But the camera spin is driving me nuts, despite the fix posted already, so I decided to move on.

- Multiplicity: it worked just like Synergy for me (at least keeping in mind my current needs) just without the camera problems. I don't mind buying the product, but it's not able to do all I need it to do.

- Multibox: now this is the one giving me serious headhaches. It has all the goodies from the 2 above plus some more, making it the best option for what I'm looking for (imho). But I'm having some trouble setting it up (see details below)

My 2 boxes are something like this:

- Box #1: it will serve as server and client. It's a PIV 3,4Ghz with 2Gb RAM, a rather decent ASUS motherboard, etc etc. SO is Windows XP Pro with SP2. SP2 firewall is disabled. I've also turned down any firewalls in this box while testing.

- Box #2: it will serve as secondary client. It's a PIV 2,6Ghz with 1Gb RAM, a formerly decent ASUS motherboard, etc etc. SO is Windows XP Pro without SP2 (I'll have to wait at least a couple of weeks before I can install it). No firewall software running during my testing either.

Now my problem:

- I run the server app in box #1.
- I run the client app in box #1.
- Server detects client #1 - OK.
- I run the client app in box #2.
- Server detects client #2 - OK.
- As soon as client #2 connects my mouse slows down loads and I cannot interact with the server app UI.
- A few seconds later client app in box #2 disconnects and I get the well known "01:31:40: Connection lost: Next attempt in 30 seconds."

And that's it. I cannot get past that point.

So far both boxes can see each other (they can share folders and stuff), I've made both Synergy and Multiplicity work and I've run tests with both without any problems of that kind. Yet I fail at making Multibox connect properly.

Do you have any clues or solutions? If so, those would be most appreciated. Thank you in advance Smile


EDIT: I've been doing some more testing today. I've tried running the server in my box #2 just to see what might happen. And... it worked. So basically if I use my box #2 as server and box #1 as secondary box everything goes ok. But if I do it the way I'd like to do it (box #1 as server, box #2 as secondary box) it won't work.

I had similar problems originally. Using ip adresses instead of host names helped some. To avoid that I loose the mouse, I have set Multibox's screen setup to only the primary screen. That robs me of the option of using the primary computers mouse on the secondaries, but it also completely removes the problem of lag and disconnections when the mouse if moved to another computer's screen.

Keep in mind that Micah put together Multibox primarily for himself and shared it here free of charge. It is not bound to be as polished as maintained and charged software.

While it has other limitations, I understand that keyclone is a valid option for multiple setups, and while you do need to pay for it one time, it is maintained and supported.

does keyclone work though network?
and do you need to buy it for all machines?


dknix

I do not use keyclone *never change a running system* =]

Find out all about it in the sticky post here:
http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums2/v...?t=883&start=0