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News SimTools 2.0 Question and Answer

Discussion in 'News' started by yobuddy, Feb 29, 2016.

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@MWB,
Somehow I missed why we started changing the ip addresses?
Your on a single installation of SimTools 2.0 right?
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yobuddy said: ↑

@MWB,
Somehow I missed why we started changing the ip addresses?
Your on a single installation of SimTools 2.0 right?
yobuddy
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So no IP addresses changing is needed at all then.
Both of them should be 127.0.0.1.
Please set them back to these numbers and tell me what you get buddy.
They should connect.
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He had 127.0.0.1 to begin with in both but it wasn't connecting that way.
He has Network issues. He was connected to web by a dongle.
He was at the default of 127.0.0.1 at the point of this post https://www.xsimulator.net/communit...-question-and-answer.8175/page-27#post-122463
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MWB said: ↑

Thanks @noorbeast

I have followed this to the letter
Downloaded Simtools again, got as far a 9.
And it has not connected.
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Didn't install as administrator nor did I open it as administrator. Hope this help identify the problem.
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Just checking that in Game Engine under Tools the Manager IP is 127.0.0.1?

I suspect something in your network configuration is messing with what is called localhost, which is 127.0.0.1.

What specifically are you using for network connectivity, a dongle was mentioned, so what brand and model number.

What happens if in your menu you search for cmd, open a command prompt and type this in it:

ping localhost

ping 127.0.0.1

You could try this, but keep in mind we are asking you to modify your machine settings as SimTools is not really the issue, it just needs 127.0.0.1 properly defined:

Go to %systemroot%\System32\drivers\etc
Backup the hosts file
Then open notepad with administrator rights.
Navigate to the same folder and open the hosts file
Make sure the first line after the # lines (comments) is 127.0.0.1 localhost and the second is ::1 localhost
Then open cmd and run the command ipconfig /flushdns
Restart SimTools.
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noorbeast said: ↑

Just checking that in Game Engine under Tools the Manager IP is 127.0.0.1?

I suspect something in your network configuration is messing with what is called localhost, which is 127.0.0.1.

What specifically are you using for network connectivity, a dongle was mentioned, so what brand and model number.

What happens if in your menu you sear for cmd, open a command prompt and type this in it:

ping localhost

ping 127.0.0.1

You could try this, but keep in mind we are asking you to modify your machine settings as SimTools is not really the issue, it just needs 127.0.0.1 properly defined:

Go to %systemroot%\System32\drivers\etc
Backup the hosts file
Then open notepad with administrator rights.
Navigate to the same folder and open the hosts file
Make sure the first line after the # lines (comments) is 127.0.0.1 localhost and the second is ::1 localhost
Then open cmd and run the command ipconfig /flushdns
Restart the browser or whatever program you are using.
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I'm going to try this now!

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Hi MWB,
Will you open a command prompt and type "Ping 127.0.0.1" and see what you get?
thx man.
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yobuddy said: ↑

Hi MWB,
Will you open a command prompt and type "Ping 127.0.0.1" and see what you get?
thx man.
yobuddy
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Are you blocking any ports on your pc by chance?

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noorbeast said: ↑

Just checking that in Game Engine under Tools the Manager IP is 127.0.0.1?

I suspect something in your network configuration is messing with what is called localhost, which is 127.0.0.1.

What specifically are you using for network connectivity, a dongle was mentioned, so what brand and model number.

What happens if in your menu you sear for cmd, open a command prompt and type this in it:

ping localhost

ping 127.0.0.1

You could try this, but keep in mind we are asking you to modify your machine settings as SimTools is not really the issue, it just needs 127.0.0.1 properly defined:

Go to %systemroot%\System32\drivers\etc
Backup the hosts file
Then open notepad with administrator rights.
Navigate to the same folder and open the hosts file
Make sure the first line after the # lines (comments) is 127.0.0.1 localhost and the second is ::1 localhost
Then open cmd and run the command ipconfig /flushdns
Restart the browser or whatever program you are using.
Click to expand...

And this is what's in the host file

But for some reason I can't change the IP in Manager or Engine, The IP is stuck on 192.168.1.71
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yobuddy said: ↑

Are you blocking any ports on your pc by chance?
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Not that I'm aware of, how could I check?

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MWB said: ↑

And this is what's in the host file
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But for some reason I can't change the IP in Manager or Engine, The IP is stuck on 192.168.1.71
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What is the next bit in the host file, it should be something like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 local

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noorbeast said: ↑

What is the next bit in the host file, it should be something like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 local
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That's all of it!

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noorbeast said: ↑

Just checking that in Game Engine under Tools the Manager IP is 127.0.0.1?

I suspect something in your network configuration is messing with what is called localhost, which is 127.0.0.1.

What specifically are you using for network connectivity, a dongle was mentioned, so what brand and model number.

What happens if in your menu you sear for cmd, open a command prompt and type this in it:

ping localhost

ping 127.0.0.1

You could try this, but keep in mind we are asking you to modify your machine settings as SimTools is not really the issue, it just needs 127.0.0.1 properly defined:

Go to %systemroot%\System32\drivers\etc
Backup the hosts file
Then open notepad with administrator rights.
Navigate to the same folder and open the hosts file
Make sure the first line after the # lines (comments) is 127.0.0.1 localhost and the second is ::1 localhost
Then open cmd and run the command ipconfig /flushdns
Restart the browser or whatever program you are using.
Click to expand...

Dongle is a Netgear genie N300 WRS wireless adapter.

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MWB said: ↑

That's all of it!
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Two things you can try.

1. Take out the dongle and use a cat cable to connect directly to your modem and check SimTools then, I am curious if the dongle itself messes with the hosts definitions.

2. Open Notepad as admin and then the hosts file, add:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 local

Save it.

Then open cmd and run the command ipconfig /flushdns

Then start and check SimTools.
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noorbeast said: ↑

Two things you can try.

1. Take out the dongle and use a cat cable to connect directly to your modem and check SimTools then, I am curious if the dongle itself messes with the hosts definitions.

2. Open Notepad as admin and then the hosts file, add:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 local

Save it.

Then open cmd and run the command ipconfig /flushdns

Then start and check SimTools.
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Hi @noorbeast, I removed the dongle, no difference, I removed the cat cable, and after I rebooted, the correct IP is on both programs, but still no connection, can't modify the hosts file, because it says I don't have a administrator rights to do so!! Can't work out the to get round this!

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@yobuddy @noorbeast

Think I may go and get another hard drive tomorrow and start from scratch, load on windows and just the basick's for my sim rig because I don't think we are going to fix this, thanks for all your help, I'll let you know how I get on.

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Hi @noorbeast, I removed the dongle, no difference, I removed the cat cable, and after I rebooted, the correct IP is on both programs, but still no connection, can't modify the hosts file, because it says I don't have a administrator rights to do so!! Can't work out the to get round this!
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You need to run notepad as Admin to modify the hosts file.

Search for notepad in your menu, right click on the menu and select Run As Administrator.

Add the details supplied earlier and save the hosts file.

Then open cmd and run the command ipconfig /flushdns
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noorbeast said: ↑

You need to run notepad as Admin to modify the hosts file.

Search for notepad in your menu, right click on the menu and select Run As Administrator.

Add the details supplied earlier and save the hosts file.

Then open cmd and run the command ipconfig /flushdns
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Hi @noorbeast

I modified the host file, hope this is correct?

Then run the IP config in cmd

Tried Simtools as administrator and normally, didn't connect.

Rebooted PC and tried again. Didn't connect And I've disabled all Firewalls and anti virus software!

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Hi @noorbeast

I modified the host file, hope this is correct?
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Then run the IP config in cmd
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Tried Simtools as administrator and normally, didn't connect.
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Rebooted PC and tried again. Didn't connect And I've disabled all Firewalls and anti virus software!
Click to expand...

Don't use the # that makes it a comment, mod the file with just these:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 local

Then run the cmd again.
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