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| Thread ID: 62935 | 2005-10-24 05:27:00 | Help with home networking | chronicliar (9111) | Press F1 |
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| 398811 | 2005-10-24 08:51:00 | zonealarm can cause problems on networks unless you use the Pro version. I found it helps to have identical userids and passwords on both computers. I agree that you must be sure to have a crossover cable. I presume you have named the network the same on both computers. | MACIAN (6176) | ||
| 398812 | 2005-10-24 09:05:00 | speedys seggestions where all bang on, they would not have caused the fault that you are having now | dbs (8785) | ||
| 398813 | 2005-10-25 00:20:00 | I know speedy's suggestions were all right. I'm just not quite sure what happened to my pc. Its normally very stable, but from the minute i started using networking it just started getting unstable. It must've been because of me turning the computer on/off numerous times withing a short time. I found this on the net that might help me: www.techtips4u.com I'll try it out tomorrow and update you guys then. Cheers again for all the help :) |
chronicliar (9111) | ||
| 398814 | 2005-10-25 11:07:00 | Macian has a point, permissions are becoming more and more of a "pitfall" for newbies to networking. It pays to set one as the "master" (gateway) PC and one as the "slave". I prefer static IP's, leaves nothing to chance that way. Have some fun and post back :) Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 398815 | 2005-10-25 18:29:00 | This is what I used to do (no longer network Windows only) Run Network Wizard on both machines Then go through each machine, and do this: Set static ips make sure ips are in same range set same subnet mask (255.255.255.0) Use crossover cable kill all firewalls (makes it easier to set up initially, once both machines see each other and can network, then try configuring a firewall) Make sure both computers are in same workgroup (MSGROUP I think is default) And if all else fails, reboot (Its amazing what a reboot will do some days) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 398816 | 2005-10-25 19:28:00 | my new rule is to leave everything on "automatic" and not set the ip addresses, that way (hopefully) my adsl modem/router does everything and windows xp doesn't have too much of a spaz. windows networking is the cause of grey hairs!! |
Mary (6534) | ||
| 398817 | 2005-10-25 19:40:00 | Oh Unmountable Boot Volume nasty. I got that a while back and it was my mobo that had died (IDE plugs). try the suggestions on google but other than that there is nothing i can suggest to fix it your mobo might have just given up :badpc: | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 398818 | 2005-10-25 20:10:00 | I'm just not quite sure what happened to my pc. Its normally very stable, but from the minute i started using networking it just started getting unstable. It must've been because of me turning the computer on/off numerous times within a short time. I assume you were doing a proper shut-down each time, just hitting the off switch is a recipe for disaster. Personally I don't even use restart anymore because I found that it did not always fully clear the memory and some issues occasionally remained. I prefer a full boot and wait 10 seconds after switch-off as well before restarting. That has proven to be a 100% reliable practice and nothing is so important that it cannot wait an extra 10 seconds or so. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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