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| Thread ID: 50040 | 2004-10-08 09:44:00 | Networking computers | michael8 (1529) | Press F1 |
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| 279275 | 2004-10-09 06:01:00 | After two years of trying my network has finally flickered into life complete with internet connectiion sharing. ICS in particular can be a bithch. I agree with the commnets above about sharing all the drives on both computers; setting up identical users on both computers; If you have zone alarm you need zone alarm pro configured for the gateway and slave computer; you need to make sure that the network is "enabled" in the network connections ; you do have the cable wired Ok don't you. Without a router one of the wires on the cable connecting the computers needs to needs to be switched around; I use all the automatic options as in "Automatically find IP" "disable WINS" and "disable the other thing I hope this helps cos I know networks can be a problem, particulalrly ICS. For example, even though I have shared all my drives on my main computer for some reason only two out of six appear atn the other end of the network so all I can say is "don't give up"!! |
macian (926) | ||
| 279276 | 2004-10-09 09:08:00 | I have a good result in that when I pinged the client computer using command prompt the results were successful. But when I try to ping the host computer from the client computer I get the error 'Request timed out'. The light on my network cards are both on. I can see the client computer when I click workgroups in 'my computer' but I can't access it. From the host computer though when I click show workgroups in 'my computer' it says that the workgroup is unavailable. Does anybody know of any solutions? Any help would be appreciated. Thankyou, Michael |
michael8 (1529) | ||
| 279277 | 2004-10-09 09:11:00 | Did u read the post/and pics here ? pressf1.pcworld.co.nz |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 279278 | 2004-10-09 09:43:00 | Yes I have seen your pics. I did what the pics showed. I'll repeat my problem again - this time with a bit more information. I have recently networked 2 computers together and I am having problems. Both computers use WindowsXp and I used the network setup wizard to set up the network. The lights are on on the network cards of both computers. When I go to 'My Computer =>My network places=>view workgroup computers' I can see the name of the client computer on the host computer. But when I try to access the client computer by double-clicking I get the following the error message:- '\\Computer3 is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not found'. Also, when I click 'view workgroup computers' on the client computer, the host computer doesn't show up and I get the error message:- Home is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available.' What can I do to fix this problem? Thankyou, Michael |
michael8 (1529) | ||
| 279279 | 2004-10-09 09:47:00 | DONT use the wizard it'll screw things up! DO IT MANUALLY. Like what the pics show. Exactly what the pics show. except for the LAN part (where I say Ihugs DNS ip's for the preferred and alternate dns ip). Just enter 192.168.0.1 under preferred on the networked XP PC. | Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 279280 | 2004-10-09 10:35:00 | The PC with ICS (I assume you have enabled this) manually assign an IP address of 192.168.0.1 with subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 default gateway 192.168.0.1 DNS can be 192.168.0.1 or your ISP DNS server IP address. The other PC should have an IP of 192.168.0.2 subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 default gateway 192.168.0.1 and DNS 192.168.0.1 or DNS of your ISP. Both PC's have to belong to the same workgroup but have a different computer name. Setup an account on both PC's with the same user name and password, for a start an account with admin rights is best. Turn off all firewalls. All the above has to be done with admin rights. If after doing the above disable ICS and just get the network to go. Is the XP SP2? | Berryb (654) | ||
| 279281 | 2004-10-09 10:43:00 | U DONT have to add a guest to each PC to get access to a folder on XP. If the above is done properly, and simple file sharing is ticked. You'll get access either way for file sharing and ICS (if u want ICS). So, the other PC can get onto the net. |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 279282 | 2004-10-09 19:55:00 | I tried everything you said but it is still not working . I forgot tot tell you that when I ping the client computer ( typing ping 192 . 168 . 0 . 2 in command prompt) the results are successful . When I ping from the client computer to the host computer I get the error request timed out . When I click workgroups in the client computer nothing shows up not even the client computer itself I get the same error as I wrote in my previous post about the network not being available and that the list of servers is not currently available . Both the client computer and the host computer show on the host computer when I click workgroups though . The problem is when I double-click the client computer I get error that I wrote in the previous post that the client computer is not accessible and that the network path could not be found . What should I do to try and solve this problem? Thankyou, Michael |
michael8 (1529) | ||
| 279283 | 2004-10-09 20:02:00 | Also, I must tell you that the network worked before but then stopped working. Everything was working find both internet connection sharing and access the computer's files from either computer. When it stopped working I tried to use the wizard to set it up again but it didn't work. I understand now not to use the wizard Spacemannz. I just can't seem to properly do a clean setup again by completely uninstalling the network cards. When the network cards are installed again the same settings that I set manually are still there. Please help me. Thankyou, Michael |
michael8 (1529) | ||
| 279284 | 2004-10-09 20:16:00 | I would check to see if the firewalls are REALLY turned off. What firewall is installed on BOTH?? Under My computer on BOTH / Properties/Computer Name. The Worksgroups are the same arent they?? Change BOTH to MSHOME. See what happens. |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
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