This is intended to give more information about the functionality and features of the Network page within the Preferences Section of Master Patch.
The network page gives the user access to some more specific data on the status of server which Master Patch runs in order for clients to connect to.
This field shows the IP address on which the server is currently running.
At present, while the user is not able to select on which network adapter they want to Master Patch on this field will always show 0.0.0.0
This address does not mean that remote viewer users should use IP address 0.0.0.0 to connect to Master Patch, what this means is that Master Patch will accept a connection on all of its available network interfaces using the IP address of that network adapter.
For example if the Master Patch computer has a wired network adapter using an address of 192.168.1.100 and also has a wireless network adapter connected to a different network using an address of 10.20.30.200 then a remote viewer application could use the address of the network it is connected to in order to connect to the instance of Master Patch.
It is advised to keep all devices on a single network rather than using multiple network adapters in the Master Patch computer.
The default port number for Master Patch is 3500, however if when the server is starting up port 3500 is in use by another service on the Master Patch machine then Mater Patch will dynamically assign itself an available port to ensure there are no conflicts. The port number on which the server is running is displayed in this field.
The toggle button next to server state field allows the user to suspend and start the server.
