FTP to Roku Roku

[Brian Pascoe Prototek Engineering]

Having file transfer problems with a new Roku Roku Mill with FTP network connection (not serial). The service tech that hooked up this machine installed LAN Workplace Pro for Windows 95/NT40 on a PC next to the machine. A small "Serving FTP" window is always displayed on the desktop. This setup works only half the time and the PC has to be continually rebooted to get it to work. The service tech says its the only way he knows how to hook the Roku up via FTP and has no other solutions .

[mold100]

What kind of controller is on the Roku? I have ran some machines that you can map network drive the controller and copy and paste program into control.

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

Ftp is not a connection ,it is a command ,part of TCP/Ip protocol .

Knowing network address of your machine card you can connect to it with any ftp client .

But I am very skeptic ,I would better believe it is NetbeUI protocol

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NetBIOS Extended User Interface (NetBEUI) is suited for use in small workgroups or LANs. You can install a NetBIOS gateway and the NetBEUI client protocol on all remote access servers running Windows 2000 and most Windows networking clients. Previous Windows NT remote access clients, LAN Manager remote access clients, MS-DOS remote access clients, and Windows for Workgroups remote access clients may use NetBEUI. NetBEUI is not routable, and the only configuration required for the protocol is a computer name.

 

For information about configuring a connection, see To configure a connection.

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I think you miss data and this guy with a laptop was lamer .

[mold100]

Winnie is that similar to how I was trying to say, I know you basically need a ip for the machine, its set up like a peer to peer or you can do on a server.

[Keith Graydon]

FTP?!?!?! noway Trash the whole set-up.

Make the Roku a DEVICE on the existing network. then share it up.

[mold100]

Thats what I am getting at.

[TS53]

We have a roku-roku. I do not beieve there are accomodations for network devices in it. We have had very few problems with the ftp.

Just out of curiousity, do you have to completely re-boot, or can you simply close down the ftpo window and re-start it. You might want to give that a try.

[Keith Graydon]

LAN Workplace Pro is a Novell product isn't it?

How do you communicate with the PC that is running it?

 

Will the ROKU only talk to Workplace Pro?

 

What is the physical connection from the PC(workplace Pro) to the ROKU?

[TS53]

The roku-roku communicates using the ftp protocall. The Lan Workplace Pro is a software that enables ftp communications. To compare, I would say it is like the choice of explorer, netscape, or mozzilla for web browsing. They all use the same protocalls to accomplish the same goal.

[HevyMetl]

When I established the network connections on my machine I had constant problems because we were going through a secondary hub. I would have to restart the software constantly to reestablish the connection.

I had our IT department pull me off the hub and install dedicated connection to the main network and have not had any problems since.

 

Just a thought.