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| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 319465 | 2005-01-30 20:44:00 | Dump the hub, buy a switch & use DHCP or a mixture of DHCP & static addresses | bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 319466 | 2005-01-30 20:53:00 | To Speedy Gonzales: I've tried setting workgroup name to "Workgroup" (default) with no success. Jen: I'm using Zone Alarm; I'll uninstall and try again. Bartsdadhomer: What??? and have $20 go down the drain ;-). Thanks all for the help! |
Henry Crun (7046) | ||
| 319467 | 2005-01-30 20:59:00 | XPs is MSHOME. If u want all to get on the net and Zonealarm is installed, and you have the free version, this free version doesnt have the ICS option. Altho, you may be able to use the network wizard (if it has 1 I dont use it). And ZA is on all the windows PC's, use it on each PC. It should pick up the other PC's. And allow access. BUT I wouldnt disable it on the net, (if ALL PC's are going on the net), if ZA is the only firewall you have installed. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 319468 | 2005-01-30 21:00:00 | Jen: I'm using Zone Alarm; I'll uninstall and try again.Don't uninstall ZA, as this often makes a different mess (True Vector issues ...). Just disable it. Make sure that all the PC's (including XP's native firewall) have their firewalls disabled. Once you have gotten the networking all working, then you will have to allow trusted IPs via the Firewall for each machine connecting to it so they don't get blocked. | Jen (38) | ||
| 319469 | 2005-01-30 21:19:00 | Um.... Did uninstall ZA; didn't help! Oddly - this morning the W2k box could see the XPh box (but not access anything). When I uninstalled ZA, powered everthing down. Now the XPh box can see the W2k but "doesn't have permission to use the network recources", but not t'other way round. I'm not sure, but maybe the order in which machines come up and hook into the hub has some obsucre effect. I'll reinstall ZA. I don't mind buying a switch if it will fix the problem, but I'd be pretty upset if it didn't! The purpose of the network is to share printer(s), some disk storage and files, so a common or garden hub should be more than adequate (if the #$@** thing would work)!! |
Henry Crun (7046) | ||
| 319470 | 2005-01-30 21:29:00 | With XP you'll either have to enable simple file sharing in XP. or add the other PC's to XP as guests. You may have to do the same with 2k. Youre not using a crossover on any of these are you?? This isnt required if u have a ethernet hub. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 319471 | 2005-01-30 21:39:00 | I've enabled printer/file sharing on XP and W2k machines. Two cables I've made myself, and I've borrowed some from work - swapping doesn't help. By the way, the XP and W2k boxes can Ping themselves, but not other machines. I conclude that they can talk to the hub, but are somehow isolated from other ports/boxes. That's why I wondered about the AUI Partition LED being red. |
Henry Crun (7046) | ||
| 319472 | 2005-01-30 21:46:00 | I would get another cable from work, and replace yours with it just to make sure it isnt your cable thats the prob. I wouldnt have a clue about this AUI LED. Never heard of it before. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 319473 | 2005-01-30 22:38:00 | I don't mind buying a switch if it will fix the problem, but I'd be pretty upset if it didn't! The purpose of the network is to share printer(s), some disk storage and files, so a common or garden hub should be more than adequate (if the #$@** thing would work)!! Just a word of encouragement - setting up a network can sometimes be simple and often a pain due to something simple, so keep trying and don't give up. It's bound to be something simple! :thumbs: Says she who reformatted her computer before networking would work. :p |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 319474 | 2005-01-30 22:55:00 | Might be time to go back & start from scratch Unless you know the cables you made are "good" (not bringing your skills into question but...) I'd leave them out of the equation & use the ones you got from the office I'd disconnect the whole lot & setup the XP/98 Machines first & get them working well & consistently Don't use the XP wizard, configure manually with an IP & subnet of 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0 98 Machine IP & subnet of 192.168.0.2/255.255.255.0 Make sure both machines are using the same workgroup name eg. workgroup or MSHOME or whatever, as long as they are the same Also make sure the 98 machine has all available updates applied as there have ben improvements to 98's networking abilities over the years Get your shares etc working then post back for step 2. Also make sure you aren't using the uplink port of your hub for one of the cables (you can use the uplink port but will have to use a crossover cable to enable it to work) If you can get the XP/98 configuration working well then you can add the others one by one, this makes it much easier to track a fault Make sure you always reboot each machine after any changes, even if you have only altered one machines configuration reboot both |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
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