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| 339623 | 2005-03-30 08:04:00 | HI, I have a network of 2 computers through a Hub, and since yesterday everything was working perfectly (all folders of both pcs were accessable from one another). Then I ran the Network Wizard and afterwards from computer A (in the workgroup folder) computer B is not seen, and vice versa! Then I disabled the firewall because the network wizard enabled it, and the following happened; from computer A i can access computer B, but from computer B I could see computer A. Please note that the workgroups names are the same on both PCs and the Pcs names are uniuqe. Can someone please help me!! |
mouthpiec (7747) | ||
| 339624 | 2005-03-30 08:08:00 | DON'T use the network wizard. Type the ip addresses in manually under the LAN Icon / properties / TCP/IP on each PC. The network wizard, screws a network up |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 339625 | 2005-03-30 08:25:00 | thanks mate, I learned that the network wizard is bull**** yesterday. but i have the ip address set to "obtain automatically" |
mouthpiec (7747) | ||
| 339626 | 2005-03-30 08:29:00 | No. Dont put them on obtain an ip address automatically. Change both to use the following ip address option. And type the ip addresses in manually. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 339627 | 2005-03-30 08:47:00 | I empathise with you. Network problems can be a *****. You end up going round and round in circles, then suddenly everything works for no apparent reason. I find the following checklist helpful: www.practicallynetworked.com It recommends using ping to try various things out until you isolate the problem. I agree with the other poster who said the Network Wizard is a major culprit. Everytime you run it, it reconnects the XP Firewall that simply is incompatible with a network, in my experience anyway. |
TideMan (4279) | ||
| 339628 | 2005-03-30 08:55:00 | I empathise with you . Network problems can be a ***** . You end up going round and round in circles, then suddenly everything works for no apparent reason . I find the following checklist helpful: . practicallynetworked . com/sharing/troubleshoot/" target="_blank">www . practicallynetworked . com It recommends using ping to try various things out until you isolate the problem . I agree with the other poster who said the Network Wizard is a major culprit . Everytime you run it, it reconnects the XP Firewall that simply is incompatible with a network, in my experience anyway . Err no . . . The prob with using the wizard, is it gives u totally different ip addresses on whatever PC's and does nothing whatsoever, in helping someone to set a network up properly . It has nothing to do with XP's firewall, if the firewall is/was off, it stays off . And I doubt if XP's firewall was on, it would conflict with a home network . Otherwise, there would be no point in having XP's firewall in the 1st place . Or even MS giving XP a firewall at all . It's only if u have a firewall like ZA, or Nortons, or other, that you may have probs with setting up a network, if u dont configure whatever firewall properly first . And if u put the ip address under the LAN properties on obtain an ip address automatically, they may change (the ip addresses) everytime u reboot (if u reboot or turn the PC's off) . And then you're back to square 1! Thats why its better to put an ethernet network on use the following ip address . Coz, once u type the ip addresses in . They stay put, and wont change, everytime u reboot the system/s . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 339629 | 2005-03-30 08:59:00 | is it possible that one of the computers has a particular setting about sharing?? (i am refering to the whole pc not to a particular folder) | mouthpiec (7747) | ||
| 339630 | 2005-03-30 09:05:00 | Well, HOPEFULLY you're not going to share the whole hard drive (you maybe sorry) if u do. If u get hacked, byebye system. Just create a folder and share it...And enable file/printer sharing. On both. I take it XP is on both PC's mouthpiec? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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