Hi,

Yes, shutting down the local DHCP server seems to solve the "waiting before retry" problem 9 times out of 10. The problem is to do with the code on the Receivers getting a "host unreachable" error (or something similar sounding) and I think it's because your DHCP config is not supplying the correct routing table entries for the receiver. The answer may be to set the "default router" to your server box.

Yes, the syncing is a bit tempramental and needs to be made more robust. I tracked down one bug with it today, but I'm sure there are many others. Hopefully by v0.1.3 it'll be more stable.

I have had tRio running as a Windows Service before (have a look in the /bin directory - but it's very out of date). It uses a product called JavaService (see http://www.alexandriasc.com/software/JavaService/index.html ) which is free.

Let me know how you get on with the DHCP stuff

Cheers
Paul