Configuring the ProjectWise Network for ProjectWise Sync Service
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.
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.
To Connect to a Server and Get Its List of Datasources (TCP)
- Open the ProjectWise Network Configuration Settings dialog.
- Select the Datasource Listing tab.
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Enter values for Name, Hostname, and Port and click Add.
- Name is just a descriptive name for the ProjectWise server. For example, Production Server
- Hostname is the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the computer where the ProjectWise server is installed. For example, server.domain.com
- Port is the specified ProjectWise server's listener port number, which is 5800 by default. You only need to enter a port number here if the listener port on the server has been changed to something other than 5800. Otherwise you can leave it blank.
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Click
OK.
To Point to the Server from Which the Client Can Get Server Name Resolution Information
- Open the ProjectWise Network Configuration Settings dialog.
- Select the DNS Services tab.
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Enter values for Name, Hostname, and Port and click Add.
- Name is just a descriptive name for the ProjectWise server. For example, Production Server
- Hostname is the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the computer where the ProjectWise server is installed. For example, server.domain.com
- Port is the specified ProjectWise server's listener port number, which is 5800 by default. You only need to enter a port number here if the listener port on the server has been changed to something other than 5800. Otherwise you can leave it blank.
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Click
OK.
To Prevent the Use of UDP
- Open the ProjectWise Network Configuration Settings dialog.
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Do one of the following:
To prevent the use of UDP entirely, turn on Prevent UDP for DNS and Listing on the General tab.
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To prevent the use of UDP for just server name resolution information, turn on Prevent UDP on the DNS Services tab.
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To prevent the use of UDP for just datasource list information, turn on Prevent UDP on the Datasource Listing tab.
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Click
OK.



