The
ProjectWise Network
Configuration Settings dialog is primarily used to establish a TCP connection
from the
ProjectWise client computer to one or more
ProjectWise servers in order to obtain datasource
list information and populate the datasource lists in the
ProjectWise applications installed on the client
computer. This dialog is delivered with
ProjectWise Explorer and
ProjectWise Administrator.
You can also use the
ProjectWise Network
Configuration Settings dialog to:
- Block the client from
broadcasting UDP requests.
This shortens the time it takes to retrieve the datasource list by not searching for local datasources, and instead only retrieving the datasources of the servers you explicitly connect to here.
- Direct the client to a
server from which they can get server name resolution information.
Depending on the client's socket version and/or the
network configuration, the client may have problems solving IP addresses by
host name. For example, a client may be really slow at solving IP addresses by
host name, or may not be able to solve them at all, or the client may fail to
retrieve a file from the storage area, or file operations may be really slow.
To eliminate these problems, you should configure the
[NameResolution] section of a server's
DMSKRNL.CFG
file, and then point the client to that server.
- Set whether or not the user
can log in to a datasource that resides on a server that is not configured to
use a secure connection.
- Enable
ProjectWise clients to use IPv6
Note: Information entered on
the
DNS
Services and
Datasource
Listing tabs of the
ProjectWise Network
Configuration Settings dialog gets stored in a different place in the Windows
Registry depending on whether the dialog is opened in user mode or
administrator mode. When you open the dialog in administrator mode, the
information gets added under the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Bentley\ProjectWise\NetworkConfig.
When you open the dialog in user mode, the information gets added under the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Bentley\ProjectWise\NetworkConfig.
Note: Although
ProjectWise permits you to enter a hostname
(computer name), an IP address, or a fully-qualified domain name (hostname +
domain name) in the
Hostname
fields on the
DNS
Services and
Datasource
Listing tabs, it is recommended that you use fully-qualified domain
names (FQDN) here. Direct use of IP addresses should only be reserved for cases
when using DNS names is not an option.
Note: When using host names,
make sure the host names are configured for reverse lookup.
Note: If
ProjectWise Explorer or
ProjectWise Administrator is installed on the same
computer as your
ProjectWise Integration Server, that server's
datasources will always display in
ProjectWise Explorer and
ProjectWise Administrator, even if you turn on
Prevent UDP.
However, in the case of
ProjectWise Explorer clients only, if you do turn
on
Prevent UDP on the
Datasource
Listing tab, the datasources of the server on the same computer as
ProjectWise Explorer will not display in the
datasource list of the
ProjectWise Log
In dialog that opens when you launch integrated
applications from the desktop, or when you open the
ProjectWise Export Wizard or the
ProjectWise Import Wizard. In those cases, you can
still log in to the datasource by entering the
servername:datasourcename in the
Datasource field.