Designer 6i: Broadcast server problems

[Quoted] I have installed Designer 6i (version 6.5.28.8.0) and migrated my repository [Quoted] from ver. 1.3.2 (132 to 60 and then to 6i). My client is Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, database server is Windows NT 4.0 [Quoted] Server running Oracle 8i release 8.1.7.

When I try to open RON, ERD, or Design Editor nothing happens in first 5 minutes (mouse pointer indicator is BUSY) and then I get the following message:
from RON: "Unable to register notification service" from ERD or Design Editor: "The broadcast service failed to start up. Other [Quoted] tools will not be notified of any changes you make"

After that, the applications appears to work OK.

I have found some articles on Metalink that say I should try to disable broadcasting, so I did that (in RON: Options - Broadcast Options - Disable), [Quoted] and when I press OK button I immediately get the message "Unable to register [Quoted] notification service", and nothing changes, I still have to wait 5 minutes [Quoted] to start the application.

I read in Designer Help that you have to start Broadcast Server manually, so I opened command prompt and tried:
  CKRN61 usr/pwd START
I get:
  Network Broadcast Server started
  Listening on port :4966
[Quoted]   Number of supported connections : 100
and my command prompt freezes at that (I don't get the D:\> prompt back).

[Quoted] Deinstalling Broadcast server from my client didn't help. Reinstalling it again didn't help.
Rebooting client and server didn't help.

Do I have to install something on the server side?

I'd appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks!
Dalibor Kovac
dalibor.kovac_at_zg.hinet.hr Received on Tue Apr 17 2001 - 17:36:47 CEST