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How to bind to network published shared variable?

Hello,
  I am trying to track down a problem with setting up network-published shared variables.  I have two WinXP machines running LV 8.01 that are behind the same router and can see each other within windows.  I load up the example "shared variable client-server.lvproj" on each machine, run the variable server.vi and the data item binding client.vi, and all works as expected on each machine.  Now, when I try to change the binding of, say, "bound waveform" from machine A to machine B, by browsing to the "network items", I see the machine listed but no shared variables are listed-- it's just blank.  Sometimes it says <Populating Node...> and just sits there until I cancel.  The server vi is running on machine B and the variables are reported as deployed.
  I have opened up the firewall by adding the ~5 programs listed in the knowledgebase article on each machine.  I have also disabled the firewall completely but that didn't help either.  Any suggestions?
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I finally figured out that it works if you enter the numeric IP address of the computer to bind to.  Using the fully qualified domain name, or browsing, does not work.  Is this a known bug?
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rsr,
That's really wierd behavior. I was able to browse to another computer by computer name.... maybe the variables have to be deployed for awhile before the network "updates".
 
 
Chris C
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