"Chris Cowles" <spam_magnet@xxxxxx-me-bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> The status is typically reported both to the server and directly to
>> the PC on
>> the local LAN. However, as you've noticed, there are times when the
>> status does
>> not get updated locally and it relies on that round trip to the
>> server, which
>> can take an hour or more - assuming both PCs are communicating with
>> the server
>> regularly.
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>Is there some way to optimize the direct communications between PCs? | |
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I'm not aware of any way to optimize it. As I said, it should update almost
immediately on the same LAN, so if you aren't seeing that, there may be a
service that your system is not running.
-steve
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