Just in case others run into the same issue, I've edited my original post to include the SOLUTION I discovered before anyone had a chance to respond.

It really helps to use the IP address of the 'server' and not the node itself! Now that the default mode is '5 Direct' you have to take that into account.  Before with a DMZ of one machine it wasn't an issue.

I learn a lot more when things don't work right the first time! :-)

Hope this helps someone else in the future.

Below is my original post:

Guys (and Gals),

I must be missing something here.

Using the old HSMM-MESH software I could connect from a PC on one node to a 'server' on another node to get access to files on the server.  Used this with great success from 4 PCs and a server on the 5th node to run Field Day Logging software on Field Day.

Now that I have upgraded to the newer BroadBand-Hamnet. I am no longer able to connect to my server from any other node.

What have I missed, or screwed up?

Steve G./N4TTY

Right, I'm also finding that to get to advertised services I have to use the connected PC's IP address in the URL, NOT the router's Wifi or LAN IP address.

But there is a problem, I think:  the link generated on the Mesh Status page for advertised services uses the DNS name of the router's wifi IP address, so that link does not work when I click it.  Instead, to access a web server on port 8888, I have to manually type the URL "http://PCIP:8888" where for "PCIP" I enter the IP address of the connected PC.

Oh, now I get it:  If your node uses Direct mode (the default for v.1.0.0), then to get to advertised services you have to use the Hostname of the hosting computer in the URL, not the name of the router node.  So for me, the Mesh Status page has a link to this URL:

http://kd0wsz-2:8888  but this link does not work.  The Hostname of my hosting computer is "laptop" so if instead I use this URL:

http://laptop:8888  then that works.

It would be great if the advertised services (when in Direct mode) would generate link URLs that use the hosting computer's Hostname instead of the name of the router node.

   Paul