[AG-TECH] RAT not starting up in AG 2.3 on Win XP

[Steve Gallo]

Hi Wesley,

I did notice that with the XP firewall, I had to specifically add ratui
(I think it was that one) to the exception list.  Two of the rat programs
caused the firewall popup to come up and ask if I wanted to unblock them
but the 3rd (either rat, ratui, or rat-kill) needed to be added specifically
for things to work correctly.

Steve



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov]On
> Behalf Of Eric Olson
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 1:01 PM
> To: Wesley Skoczen
> Cc: 'ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov'
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] RAT not starting up in AG 2.3 on Win XP
> 
> 
> Hi Wesley,
> Maybe you've checked this, but often rat not starting is a symptom of no 
> multicast available or a firewall blocking multicast.
> 
> You could try unicast only and see if it helps by: turning off audio in 
> the menu before going to a venue, then going to a venue and switching to 
> unicast (assuming there is a bridge available), and finally turning on 
> audio again.  If this unicast method works, then multicast connectivity is 
> likely the problem -- although I'm not sure if that helps test firewall 
> issues or not.
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Wesley Skoczen wrote:
> 
> > This is AG 2.3 installation on Laptop Gateway M675, with Windows XP Home 
> > edition.
> > AG 2.3 runs almost normally, but with one exception RAT program is not 
> > showing up.
> > In Windows Task Manager rat, ratmedia and ratui are listed but RAT 
> > window is not showing up on the desktop.
> > 
> > When I run RAT for the first time after fresh restart from the command 
> > line (i.e.: rat 224.2.211.167/16964) it opens a new window.
> > When I close the RAT window I can't start RAT anymore. Windows Task 
> > Manager shows that ratmedia is running.
> > I cannot end this process in any way other then by restarting Windows.
> > In fact each time I start rat, it adds extra rat, ratmedia and ratui 
> > processes,
> > I can end rat and ratui but it is not possible to end ratmedia process.
> > I have also installed rat-4.2.24-ipv6-win2k and it is showing the same 
> > behavior, as version included in AG Toolkit.
> > 
> > Any help will be appreciated,
> > Thank You
> >     Wesley
> > 
> > 
> > Wesley Skoczen
> > tel. 905 845 9430 x8704
> > 
> > 
>