Main Computer Does Not Detect Second Computer
Hi.
This is my first time posting on these forums. First off, I'd like to say that I've been using ISBoxer for about a year now, and this is the first problem that I've encountered so far. Up until this December, I 5-boxed using one computer. In late December (of 2013), I decided to 10-box using two computers. I followed this guide, (http://isboxer.com/wiki/HOWTO:Use_ISBox ... _Computers), and everything worked perfectly. I was back home for winter break, so I was on my home internet network. Now, I'm back in university, and thus I'm on the university internet network. When I tried to launch my 10-boxing team, only the windows on my main PC were activated; the second PC just didn't do anything. When I checked on the console in the second PC, I think it said something along the lines of "Connection to PC has failed," or maybe it didn't say anything (I don't remember.) Since it no longer worked, I decided to delete the set-up and restart it from scratch. However, since then, I've essentially been stuck at the beginning of the process, namely the part where you have to use the Computer Helper on the main PC to detect the second PC and to link them. When I right-click on "Computers" in the ISBoxer Toolkit, it says (among other things), "No Remote Computers Detected."
This is so beyond frustrating. Keeping in mind that it worked perfectly when I was back home, I still tried to toy around with my firewalls (even though there's no reason they would be the culprits). Both my computers' firewalls allow inbound and outbound connections. Both my computers have enabled incoming connections to port 10101 in the Configuration section of Innerspace. Both my computers have the computer helper enabled. When I go on google to check if Port 10101 is open, it shows that is indeed open on my second computer. On my main computer, however, it says that it's closed. Could that be the culprit? How can I open it?
I contacted the university IT department and they said that they don't block any ports.
Finally, I was wondering if it could have anything to do with the fact that my main PC's internet network currently appears as "Private." My second PC is set at "Public." They're both on the same network though. And when I try to switch my main PC from Private to Public...I just can't because I'm on Windows 8 and for some reason Windows 8 literally has no way of changing your network from Private to Public. I've tried right-clicking the network, I've tried launching tons of programs and everything...but I just can't switch it from Private to Public. Do you think this could be the reason the Main PC is not detecting the second PC?
Any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated! Please!
Thanks a lot in advance,
Frenchy
This is my first time posting on these forums. First off, I'd like to say that I've been using ISBoxer for about a year now, and this is the first problem that I've encountered so far. Up until this December, I 5-boxed using one computer. In late December (of 2013), I decided to 10-box using two computers. I followed this guide, (http://isboxer.com/wiki/HOWTO:Use_ISBox ... _Computers), and everything worked perfectly. I was back home for winter break, so I was on my home internet network. Now, I'm back in university, and thus I'm on the university internet network. When I tried to launch my 10-boxing team, only the windows on my main PC were activated; the second PC just didn't do anything. When I checked on the console in the second PC, I think it said something along the lines of "Connection to PC has failed," or maybe it didn't say anything (I don't remember.) Since it no longer worked, I decided to delete the set-up and restart it from scratch. However, since then, I've essentially been stuck at the beginning of the process, namely the part where you have to use the Computer Helper on the main PC to detect the second PC and to link them. When I right-click on "Computers" in the ISBoxer Toolkit, it says (among other things), "No Remote Computers Detected."
This is so beyond frustrating. Keeping in mind that it worked perfectly when I was back home, I still tried to toy around with my firewalls (even though there's no reason they would be the culprits). Both my computers' firewalls allow inbound and outbound connections. Both my computers have enabled incoming connections to port 10101 in the Configuration section of Innerspace. Both my computers have the computer helper enabled. When I go on google to check if Port 10101 is open, it shows that is indeed open on my second computer. On my main computer, however, it says that it's closed. Could that be the culprit? How can I open it?
I contacted the university IT department and they said that they don't block any ports.
Finally, I was wondering if it could have anything to do with the fact that my main PC's internet network currently appears as "Private." My second PC is set at "Public." They're both on the same network though. And when I try to switch my main PC from Private to Public...I just can't because I'm on Windows 8 and for some reason Windows 8 literally has no way of changing your network from Private to Public. I've tried right-clicking the network, I've tried launching tons of programs and everything...but I just can't switch it from Private to Public. Do you think this could be the reason the Main PC is not detecting the second PC?
Any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated! Please!
Thanks a lot in advance,
Frenchy