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| Thread ID: 68502 | 2006-05-01 11:00:00 | Whats the deal with linking two laptops?? | Johnnz (7246) | Press F1 |
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| 451114 | 2006-05-01 11:00:00 | Gees . I wouldn't have thought this ought to be a difficult thing to do :eek: But perhaps I'm just not bright enough? Last time I tried I spent about 2 hours - and a phone call to Dell in Malaysia that got me nowhere - I finally got success through my own continued fiddling, which was probably just good luck . . . That was to wirelessly link my laptop with my sisters to share files . Unfortunatly I had to spend almost as long to get the dial up internet working again on both laptops afterwards since the 'protocols' or somesuch things had changed - dont ask me how :confused: Anyway, I am trying again with my girlfriends Compaq and my Dell (both late model) . This time I want to use the higher speed LAN cable connection . My Dell has a Broadcom 440x and the Compaq has a Realtek RTL8139/810x, if that means anything significant . I have plugged in the ethernet cable to connect them both together but get the message "Limited or no connectivity" in Network Connections window . I have already tried clicking "repair" Why is this so complicated? Can anyone spare a moment to help please? :stare: :dogeye: Also, I have already tried doing the "Set up a home or small office network" wizard . The LAN cable connection was not even dectected so couldnt make any progress there . . . :annoyed: |
Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 451115 | 2006-05-01 11:13:00 | Sounds like a cable issue.. are you using a cross-over cable? Also, you need to allocate IPs for the laptops. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 451116 | 2006-05-01 11:33:00 | The cable is a Patch Cord (CAT.5E). When I connect it both laptops say that status is "acquiring network address" then say that status is "Limited or no connectivity". I presume that the network wizard must include the task of allocating IPs for the laptops, right? Why cant I see LAN connection in the Connections box? Network setup wizard says it found disconnected network hardware. Should I ignore them? |
Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 451117 | 2006-05-01 11:38:00 | Do a search under my old thread or just look for it, its my last thread. I had to uninstall SP2 before it worked. There is a MS patch that is ought to work but it didn't work for me. Also some other fixes, go to my last thread and it will tell you the other fixes avail .. but it didn't work for me. I spent 20hrs and then gave up and uninstalled it .. that didn't work so I formatted it and reinstall winXP without SP. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 451118 | 2006-05-01 11:42:00 | If you can install another windows or linux on it .. and test the network if it works .... | Nomad (952) | ||
| 451119 | 2006-05-01 11:49:00 | Thanks for the help chaps. I have just gotten it to work. My blunder was rather elementary. The box in the wizard titled "connections" mislead me into thinking that that was all that the computer could find connected. I read around that window a bit more and found that those are the connections that are disconnected so I just had to click 'ignore'. For the sake of types like me they at Windows incorporated ought to label that box "Disconnections" :rolleyes: | Johnnz (7246) | ||
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