Podcast Producer

Trying to set up Podcast Producer, I found the ip address and entered it but for the last few hours I cannot figure out what 'name and password' to put in? Just made the switch from PC to Mac and I am literally going mad. Can anyone help me? I have tried my wifi network name and password and it keeps saying server not accessed or some such thing. It is my home computer so no 'admin'.
Any help truly appreciated! Thank you.
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First, we've set up all the accounts and settings exactly per Apple's PP documentation. Yes, I'm aware of the need to significantly tweak the defaults and that you don't just click "start" We have a fully functioning OD Master on this machine, plus DNS, Kerberos, XGrid, QTSS and our regular web services (on port 80) via Apache.
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I have traced this error to the execution of a ruby file:
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end
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end
end
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I am assuming that the PP invoked instances of Apache and it's "mongrels" (whatever they are) are using SSL on ports in the 8xxx range, and that these are entirely unrelated to the web services I've already set up for webmail, wikis and blogs elsewhere in SA.
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2009-11-04 18:23:59 -0600 - Checking Open Directory search policy…
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I thought I would post back with the solution I finally found in case someone else runs across this. I was going crazy!
This link and the comments in reply to the topic show what the problem is. I could not find it in any Apple documentation so I'm very grateful to those who posted at this link, "Mounting a shared file system for Xgrid":
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