Why WebSpeed needs an Internet Connection?

[Chris Kelleher]

Hi,

Can anybody explain why Webspeed insists on having an open Internet
connection?
We use a TEAMInternetserver for dialing up to Internet. Webhosting is not
done on our own network. If this dial-up server at a certain moment is not
available, the brokers wont start properly. If the brokers are running and
the dial-up server is plugged out, things get ridiculously slow.

Because over here, local calls cost money, development of a webspeed
application becomes a costly business, because each time we start the admin
services on the server, it starts a call to the Internet.

Is this just a configuration issue? (if so, where to look?) or is it
something else I can't deal with?

Hope someone can help.

Grtx, Eric

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Eric van den Hout
Acha Automation
P.O. Box 9235
1006 AE Amsterdam
tel. : +31 20 669 72 77
fax : +31 20 669 72 78
Mobile: +31 621813636
E-mail : eho@acha.nl
URL : http://www.acha.nl

 

[Chris Kelleher]

We do not have a web server serving the Internet so we have the same issues
you do. What you need to do is set up a web server locally to serve you
internally. This will eliminate the need for any internet connection. We use
IIS on and NT platform. This way, the Web server will always be available.
You can set up the name server and brokers on your existing database server
or put everything on one box.

RTS

 

[Chris Kelleher]

Make sure that your WebSpeed machine has a fixed IP. I assume you are
using version 3, which for some reason doesn't understand "localhost"
very well, and can't function with DHCP unless the connection is live.
(At least that's been my experience when trying to run it on a DHCP
configured laptop.)