Slimserver connection probs.

[SHAKIRALOVER]

Ok i downloaded Slimserver, and when i click my ip addy, all it says is cannot find server.

My friend did it on his and works, i turned firewall off and still no workie.

any ideas?

[JJZolx]

Ok i downloaded Slimserver, and when i click my ip addy, all it says is cannot find server.

You also installed it, right?

What operating system are you running?

[SHAKIRALOVER]

Yeah installed, its in quick launch bar.

xp, SP2.

[JJZolx]

Yeah installed, its in quick launch bar.

xp, SP2.

Are you using port 9000? Double-click on the icon in the tray, which should bring up a web browser connected to the server.

http://localhost:9000

or from another machine on the network:

http://<machinename>:9000

or

http://<ip_address>:9000

[SHAKIRALOVER]

Im using my ip and then :9000.
when i click icon it says slimserver starting.
page doesnt pop up.

[SHAKIRALOVER]

Also im not using a router, i tried adding port 9000, to exception list, it was already there.

[MrC]

Check TaskManager to be sure slim.exe is running. Check Event Log for any slim service failure or error.

[SHAKIRALOVER]

Its workin in task manager.
Icon in quick launch says, slimserver starting (constantly).

How i check event log?

[MrC]

Start->Run and enter eventvwr.exe.

If you don't have Start->Run available on your system, use Control Panels->Administrative Tools->Event Viewer.

Try also disabling Windows Firewall temporarily to see if that helps, or any of your AV/Firewall software.

[SHAKIRALOVER]

Ok i cant seem to find it in event viewer.

but again tryed with av and firewall turned off.

[MrC]

Start a Command Shell (search your menus to find it). In the command shell, type

telnet localhost 9000

type a

?

and then hit Enter. If you are connecting to the webserver, you should get something like:

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 18:51:20 GMT
Server: libwww-perl-daemon/1.02
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 57

If you don't get this, you are not connecting to the server, and something is blocking your connection attempt most likely.

In the same command shell, type:

netstat /an

and look for lines that start like this:


TCP 127.0.0.1:9000
...
UDP 0.0.0.0:3384


If you don't see those, then slim server is not "listening" for incoming network connections.

Report back what you find.

[SHAKIRALOVER]

ok so we got that bit.

[MrC]

Ok, good. This shows that slim server is not listening on port 9000. Perhaps you've configured a different port to use rather than 9000. That setting is available in Server Settings->Network. But since you cannot get to the server, you need to use another mechanism.

Now try:

netstat /bn

and look for

[slim.exe]

Above those lines will be the ports being used by slimserver. There should be two or more of those lines. If you see a 9999 for example, try connecting to http://localhost:9999.

[SHAKIRALOVER]

not there, even though its running.



shall i try reinstall?

[MrC]

At this point, I would reinstall. Why not use the 6.2 beta version available at:

http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/SlimServer_v2005-09-01/SlimServer_v2005-09-01.exe

Its works fine.

Be sure to kill slim.exe in task manager, and uninstall slimserver, then install the new one.