Re: W2k to W98 nnetwork not working

From: daytripper (day_trippr_at_REMOVEyahoo.com)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 20:10:37 GMT

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 03:49:20 GMT, "KH" <bikerkh@delete.att.net> wrote:

>
>"daytripper" <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:s55r80peud74krksfoc81t9o6h43ogjb53@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:00:24 GMT, "KH" <bikerkh@delete.att.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >I now am running TCP/IP on both computers and have given each one an IP
>> >address of 192.168.1.1 or 2 and a Subnet Mask of 250.250.250.0. They are
>> >both part of the same Workgroup. I sign onto both computers using the
>same
>> >Name and Password. The Network Neighborhood on each computer shows only
>> >itself and can ping only itself. I have a a ZoneAlarm firewall but it
>shows
>> >no activity from the pinging and it probably should not. Any more
>> >suggestions?
>>
>> Change the subnet masks to 255.255.255.0 for a start.
>>
>> Then launch a Command Prompt on each machine
>> Enter "ipconfig/all" (without the double quotes) and smack the enter key.
>> Cut and paste what you get into your next reply...
>>
>> /daytripper
>
>Windows 2000 IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : karl-p5mmx
> Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
>Ethernet NIC
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-08-54-13-50-8D
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

Notice that there is no default gateway for the Win2K machine.
If you're going to disable DHCP, you must provide the gateway address in the
TCPIP configuration for this network adapter.

The gateway address is the LAN address of your router.

>Windows 98 IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . : NOTEBOOK
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
> NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . :
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No
> NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No
>
>0 Ethernet adapter :
>
> Description . . . . . . . . : PPP Adapter.
> Physical Address. . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-00-00
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . :
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
> Primary WINS Server . . . . :
> Secondary WINS Server . . . :
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . :
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . :

Ok, this is a "virtual network adapter" for your laptop's modem connection.
How it ended up with that value for the DHCP server is beyond me, but it
shouldn't be bothering anything at this point.

>1 Ethernet adapter :
>
> Description . . . . . . . . : PPP Adapter.
> Physical Address. . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-00-00
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . :
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
> Primary WINS Server . . . . :
> Secondary WINS Server . . . :
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 01 01 80 12:00:00 AM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . : 01 01 80 12:00:00 AM

This is a second dial-up adapter (does that sound right - do you really have
two modems on your laptop?). It's apparently set up for DHCP - and at first
glance it apparently gained an IP address from somewhere. But it shouldn't
have *that* address - DUN agents usually gain *routable* addresses from the
dial-up host.

I suspect you've been mucking with the wrong network configurations on this
system, and now you have a modem assigned to the same IP address as the NIC on
the same machine. You should change this to leave the IP address blank.

>2 Ethernet adapter :
>
> Description . . . . . . . . : Xircom Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 PC Card
> Physical Address. . . . . . : 19-02-16-08-01-01
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 250.250.250.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . :
> Primary WINS Server . . . . :
> Secondary WINS Server . . . :
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . :
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . :

Ok, this is the 10/100 nic for the laptop - the only one that counts wrt your
LAN. The configuration is broken:

- Fix the subnet mask! It should be 255.255.255.0 !!
- Set the default gateway address to point to the router's LAN address.

If you simply get the gateway addresses for both systems and subnet mask on
the laptop correctly set, you should be in business...

/daytripper

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