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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I’m running on Win 7 Pro, 64-bit. Try as I might, I can’t connect a D-RATS instance to the running Ratflector on the same machine. Both are set to net:localhost:9000. I can connect to the normal D-RATS network with no issues. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Event Log says “Unable to Connect 10061, connection refused. The Debug log says Socket connect failed: (10061, 'Connection refused') and Comm [NET closed] did not connect: Unable to connect ((10061, 'Connection refused'))<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve tried to open the Windows firewall to both D-RATS and the D-RATS Repeater as well as Port 9000 both incoming and outgoing rules to no avail. When I installed D-RATS, the firewall did NOT ask if I wanted to open ports.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any ideas? I’m fresh out… The goal here is first to test two instances of D-RATS with the Ratflector on the same PC, and then install it on our future HSMM-MESH network nodes for Walnut Creek CERT.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JT, KJ6PAP<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Walnut Creek, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>