New versions of FSUIPC and WideFS

[Peter Dowson]

Hi folks,

Just thought you'd like to know that there are new interim (i.e. test)
versions of both FSUIPC (3.55 and WideFS (6.596) now available on my Support
Forum.

These are now pretty much the final interim versions before I make them into
proper (documented! ) user releases, hopefully by the end of the month.

The main new thing in WideFS is support for UDP protocol. I'm using it here
in my cockpit with 10 PCs and it seems really smooth. I don't know if you'll
find it the same, but the new way of specifying the protocol (via the
Server) on all-XP setups should make it easy for you to compare UDP against TCP
or SPX.

Feedback via my Forum, please.

Regards,

Pete

[Manuel Sacramento]

Hi Pete:

I try to find this new protocol(UDP),for install,and I can not see him in my
windows XP!!

Any ideia to install it?

[Tom Stian Bjerk]

If you have TCP/IP installed on your WinXP, then you also have the UDP
protocol..

Tom Stian

"Manuel Sacramento" wrote in message
news:410451.81897@wb.onvix.com...
> Hi Pete:
>
> I try to find this new protocol(UDP),for install,and I can not see him in

> my
> windows XP!!
>
> Any ideia to install it?
>

[Katy Pluta]

If you are using XP UDP is installed, it is a transport layer for IP
like TCP is, nothing else should required for you than setting WideFS
to use UDP instead of TCP for the IP protocol...

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[Manuel Sacramento]

Hi Pete:

I try to find this new protocol(UDP),for install,and I can not see him in my
windows XP!!

Any ideia to install it?

[Tom Stian Bjerk]

If you have TCP/IP installed on your WinXP, then you also have the UDP
protocol..

Tom Stian

"Manuel Sacramento" wrote in message
news:410451.81897@wb.onvix.com...
> Hi Pete:
>
> I try to find this new protocol(UDP),for install,and I can not see him in

> my
> windows XP!!
>
> Any ideia to install it?
>

[Katy Pluta]

If you are using XP UDP is installed, it is a transport layer for IP
like TCP is, nothing else should required for you than setting WideFS
to use UDP instead of TCP for the IP protocol...

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Katy Pluta, MS_MVP for Flight Simulator
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[Michel Vandaele]

Hello Katy,
Any ideas what the advantages of that comparing with TCP ?

B. Rgds

Michel

"Katy Pluta" wrote in message
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> If you are using XP UDP is installed, it is a transport layer for IP
> like TCP is, nothing else should required for you than setting WideFS
> to use UDP instead of TCP for the IP protocol...
>
> ===
> All the best!
> Katy Pluta, MS_MVP for Flight Simulator
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
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> http://www.projectmagenta.com
>

[Peter Hein]

Hi Michel,

I´m not Katy, but did you read Pete´s detailed description in his forum?

UDP is simply faster but may be less reliable as, in comparison to TCP/IP,
UDP does not do transmission checking as TCP/IP does.

Best rgds

Peter

[Katy Pluta]

Check on Pete's forum and his documentation? UDP has less overhead
but less reliability, so it just needs to be tested, if it works on
your system: fine, if not simply switch back to TCP or IPX...

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