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Exit the Remote Backup client software that is running on your test RBS Server. Make sure that the Remote Backup client software is not running in your System Tray. If it is, right-click on its icon and select Close.

Leave the RBS Server running.

Open the RBS Manager.

Select Tools then Client Database Utility

Change the RBS Server IP Address to the IP address of the computer running your demo RBS Server. Then click Apply and answer Yes to any questions, then click OK.

The IP address you enter into the Client Database Utility must be accessible by the computer on which you want to test the Remote Backup Client. If it isn't, the Client will not be able to communicate with the Server.

If your evaluation Client computer is on the same internal LAN as your evaluation Server computer, use the Private IP Address of your evaluation Server computer.

If your evaluation Client will communicate with your evaluation Server over the Internet, use the Public IP Address of your evaluation Server computer.

If you do not know the IP address of the computer running the evaluation RBS Server software...

You'll have to find it. Use a browser on your RBS Server to browse to the RBS Web Site at http://remote-backup.com. Click the link in the Quick Links section (upper right part of the main web page) called What's My IP Address? This feature shows ONLY the Public IP Address of your computer - not its Private IP address.

The RBS Evaluation Software will install a folder containing a set of files you can use to install the Client software on another computer. After you have changed the IP address using the Client Database Utility you can simply copy this set of files to another computer (or to a CD) and install the client software by running the setup.exe file.

The Client's installation files can be found in the following folder:

If you have already installed the evaluation Client software on another computer, and it is unable to communicate with your Server. This is most often caused by an incorrect IP address - the Client is trying to contact the Server at the wrong IP address, probably the default 127.0.0.1 that the evaluation software ships with. We need to change it.

Select Options:Preferences

Make sure the Connection Type is set correctly. Look for the padlock icon and double-click it. Enter the case-sensitive password: Admin

Make sure the Port number is the same as your Server's. Change the Backup Server URL to the IP address or host name of your Server.

Click Apply

Answer either Yes or No at the next window. Right now it doesn't matter.

Click the Test Connection button. This indicates that your Client now has a proper connection with your Server.

If Test Connection fails, the most likely reason is that something is in the way between your Client and your Server - suspect a firewall, router, or other hardware and software outside RBackup.