Re: Hooking up two machines directly with network cable

From: Ron (abuse_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 05:03:28 GMT

This one is a head-scratcher, but one thought comes up. First make sure that
each machine's network TCP/IP properties are set to 'Obtain an IP address
automatically'. Then double check the IP addresses on each by running
IPCONFIG from a command prompt. You should see addresses that start at
169.254.x.x which is the beginning of a block reserved for Automatic IP
Addressing (AIPA).

If IPCONFIG shows a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 then any host numbers should
be ok (shown as .x.x in the example above). Of course each PC should have a
different IP address.

2nd quick thought. Check that each PC is in the same workgroup (Right click
on My Computer, Properties, Network ID tab.

-Ron
(email: replace 'abuse' with 'cyberguy3k')

> "Doug" <doreck@hohotmail.com> wrote:
> Shouldn't be too hard, but I've been at it for a few hours now...
>
> I have the proper crossover cable, and the status icons on both machines
> show a connection. And each computer shows up in the other computer's
> network places (several times in fact), and that's as far as I get. I have
> folders set as shared, which I've accessed on other networks, but in this
> setup, with the two machines linked directly, nothing happens. Depending
on
> which route I take, I get various messages, but all basically say "no" --
> "the network path was not found," or some other error.
>
> Perhaps the problem is that one machine is running xp, and the other
win2k?
> I ran the network setup wizard in the xp machine, and then tried to run
the
> setup on the win2k machine by running the xp installation disk (as per
> instructions), but got an error message saying that this could only be
done
> on win98, me or xp machines.
>
> On the win2k machine, there seem to be all sorts of options to connect via
> phone, serial, or parallel cable, but none via lan cable.
>
> I'm just trying to transfer files, nothing fancy...
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas. I'm going to bed ;-)
> Doug

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