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Thread ID: 132090	2013-05-06 03:02:00	Network question	gary67 (56)	Press F1

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1339836	2013-05-06 03:02:00	I have 2 desktop computers side by side. One XP home, one Win7 home pre. Recently I was getting a conflict of IP with my server so I set both desktops to use a manual IP say 182.1**.*.66 and 182.1**.*.67 Issue of IP conflict solved, but since doing this my Win7 pc cannot now connect to the shared folder on the XP computer. The XP computer can still connect to the shared folder on the Win7 computer though. Any ideas of what might be causing this? :thanks P.S My Win7 netbook cannot connect to the XP share either which leads me to believe XP might be the problem, I'm intending to update the XP machine soon anyway but its just annoying	gary67 (56)
1339837	2013-05-06 03:09:00	I think you mean 192.168.1.66 for example? Basically anything beginning with 192.168 is a private IP address that's not routeable through the internet, so it's perfectly safe to paste it. Majority of home networks use 192.168.0.0/24 or 192.168.1.0/24 (Depending on the router). Anyways if it can't access it I'd personally look at statically assigning the IP Address through the router, so tell the router "This PC over here, always give it 192.168.1.5. Then this second one, over here, always give it 192.168.1.6", for example. See if that has any effect on it?	Chilling_Silence (9)
1339838	2013-05-06 03:15:00	I think you mean 192.168.1.66 for example? Basically anything beginning with 192.168 is a private IP address that's not routeable through the internet, so it's perfectly safe to paste it. Majority of home networks use 192.168.0.0/24 or 192.168.1.0/24 (Depending on the router). Anyways if it can't access it I'd personally look at statically assigning the IP Address through the router, so tell the router "This PC over here, always give it 192.168.1.5. Then this second one, over here, always give it 192.168.1.6", for example. See if that has any effect on it? Yes wasn't sure about putting my IP address in the post. I wanted to assign through the router but I couldn't find anywhere in the free vodafone router to do it. I have always done that in the past. Changing router is not an option at this point as we have bigger monetry drains at the moment such as buying a another house	gary67 (56)
1339839	2013-05-06 03:31:00	When you're connecting to the XP computer, from either device, are you using its IP or hostname? Since the machine is no longer on DHCP other machines might not be able to resolve the hostname.	WarNox (8772)
1339840	2013-05-06 03:36:00	Just opening network on Win7 and clicking on the name of the computer, it shows up as a network device just can't access it	gary67 (56)
1339841	2013-05-06 03:46:00	What if you click Start > run > type in '\\<ip address>\<share name>\' (eg. \\192.168.1.30\share) and click 'ok' ?	WarNox (8772)
1339842	2013-05-06 03:57:00	Weird went through the XP settings and somehow file and print sharing had got turned off. All good now, this manflu must be worse than I thought. Thanks for the input though	gary67 (56)
1339843	2013-05-06 03:58:00	I have 2 desktop computers side by side. One XP home, one Win7 home pre. Recently I was getting a conflict of IP with my server so I set both desktops to use a manual IP say 182.1**.*.66 and 182.1**.*.67 Issue of IP conflict solved, but since doing this my Win7 pc cannot now connect to the shared folder on the XP computer. The XP computer can still connect to the shared folder on the Win7 computer though. Any ideas of what might be causing this? :thanks P.S My Win7 netbook cannot connect to the XP share either which leads me to believe XP might be the problem, I'm intending to update the XP machine soon anyway but its just annoying Id say NetBIOS isnt resolving the new IP addresses that you put in...Modem routers nowadays keep track of IP addressing for PC so you can use the PC name......If I were you, I would go back to using DHCP...	SolMiester (139)
1339844	2013-05-06 07:43:00	Yeah DHCP solves most of those issues. When you get the mortgage, add on $250 and sort yourself out a good solid setup once and for all :D I know what you mean though, I hate the WebUI of those Vodafone branded routers, it's terrible. You *can* change the IP range in there but buggered if I can remember where to do it, it was some place stupid IIRC? Glad to hear you got it sussed :)	Chilling_Silence (9)
1339845	2013-05-07 06:14:00	Yeah DHCP solves most of those issues. When you get the mortgage, add on $250 and sort yourself out a good solid setup once and for all :D I know what you mean though, I hate the WebUI of those Vodafone branded routers, it's terrible. You *can* change the IP range in there but buggered if I can remember where to do it, it was some place stupid IIRC? Glad to hear you got it sussed :) Yep with the boy working for an electrical and security company and me designing kitchens we will have a bit of modifications to make to the place but yep want to go for a full home setup hopefully once we get in in a couple of months time	gary67 (56)
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