Comments on: Synergy 1.3.1 – WARNING: failed to connect to server: Time Out

By: schnaufa

schnaufa — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:06:26 +0000

I had also the same Problem.
The Server messaged “Waiting for Clients”
The Client messaged “Failed to connect”
But a few time before is was working well.
I replaced the Hostnames into the IP Adresses and suddenly it runs.

Setup:
2 Win XP PCs Servicepack 3
Synergy added to the Firewall on both Computers
Every PC has his own Hostname and static IP

Thanks to all for the Help!

By: emreekeesalafee

emreekeesalafee — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:44:21 +0000

easy fix is to enter your host server ip on client comp in the space on the bottom of the main interface titled ” Name of the server”

note this applies to the 1.4.2 version

By: JJCC

JJCC — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:47:43 +0000

Just sharing in case someone needs it

I had a small issue, I have a dual boot (Win7 / Fedora14) laptop and a netbook (XP) being the dual boot the server, I could connect the client to the Win7 server, but not to the Fedora server… so I Add the port to the Firewall to grant the access… that fixed my problem!

I hope this helps to some or all of you.
Thanks!

By: john

john — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:14:29 +0000

This may not be possible if you’re running a large network, but you may want to give each PC a static IP instead of using DHCP. Then change the configuration in Synergy to connect to those IPs instead of the machine’s name.

DHCP may be issuing those PCs a new IP when they restart/boot up which could be causing your issues.

Please let us know if this works for you.

By: James

James — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:19:20 +0000

I have a love/hate relationship with Synergy. I’m running a Mac all-the-time, and windows boxes come and go. Whenever a new Win box is introduced to the network, the first thing I do is install Synergy. Oddly, it only works some of the time. It gives no errors on either the Win or Mac, but it just doesn’t fully connect. I can ping just fine, if I change something in the setup on either errors start flying, but when it’s set up properly, only some Windows machines connect.

Any ideas out there would be much appreciated.

By: William

William — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:43:32 +0000

Excellent. I’ve been using synergy with 5 screens on 3 computers for about 2 years now. But, all of a sudden this error appeared. Don’t know why and don’t care because the IP address worked perfect.

Thanks a lot.

By: Phil A

Phil A — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:11:29 +0000

Thanks John. I am connected because can see the server name and IP address in the error message returned on C. I have since diagnosed the problem – found it was Macafee services running on C. Macafee was not running, but had loaded three background processes which were blocking requests. Once they were disabled, everything worked. fine.

By: john

john — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:59:54 +0000

I would first check you are connecting to the IP of the server machine from C.

By: Phil A

Phil A — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:25:35 +0000

I have three XP machines to connect to Synergy. A & B (server) work fine – can’t get C to connect. All the settings in C are the same as A. Have disabled firewall etc – but C gives the message “connecting to “B” :[IP Add] failed to connect to server: cannot connect socket: The requested address is a broadcast address, but the appropriate flag was not set. Can’t seem to resolve this. As A & C are very similar machines with identical setup they should both connect ok. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

By: Deidre

Deidre — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:09:51 +0000

Thanks for the tip! This worked great — now I’m no longer getting the server time out message and the lightening bolt is present on both the server and the client; however my mouse won’t move off the server. Anyone have any suggestions? Much appreciate any help you can offer!