Re: network help required - long
From: Cari \(MS-MVP\) (Newsgroups1_at_coribright.com)
Date: 03/23/04
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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:03:05 -0800
This should really be asked in the Networking group.... but
Both PCs should be connected to the Router via Ethernet cables.
The DSL model should be connected to the Router - to the WAN port.
The Static IP you get from the ISP should be assigned to the Router. The
Router should 'give' the IP addresses to each PC.
You do NOT need a switch or a hub.... these devices are superceded by the
use of a Router which is far superior to either.
The Router should come with a manual explaining exactly how to do this....
and I don't have a Netcomm, but a Linksys, so I can only presume the
instructions are pretty similar....
Connect one PC to the router. Launch your browser and type in
http://192.168.1.1 which is the IP address of the Router. You will find the
setup and configuration screen. It should walk you through the whole
procedure...
This does depend a little on the actual DSL modem.... and whether the DSL
modem is set up as a bridge or a DHCP router itself. For that you'd have to
ask the ISP.
If you've lost the instruction manual for the Router, you can probably find
a PDF at their website.
Both PCs should normally be set to be assigned a TCP/IP address at
startup... by the Router.
No crossover cables required.... just standard Cat5 or Cat6.
That's a very brief explanation.... but for your own individual solution,
you really have to contact the ISP first, to see if you have a static IP.
If not, the Router can usually be reconfigured for your situation.
Cari
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"Noddy" <dg4163@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:405fa820@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> Hello everyone,
>
> I've been lurking here for a while, reading some of the posts from some
> *very* knowledgeable people, and hoping that someone would have a problem
> similar to mine that would be answered, but no such luck. So, I've decided
> to ask for help directly.
>
> My problem is that I have two machines linked together to share a DSL
> internet connection and play LAN games, but the LAN performance is
> appalling, and I'd really like yo get it working better than what it is.
>
> Firstly, I know very little about PC's, so if I get some of the
> terminology
> wrong, please excuse me.
>
> Some background details:
>
> The two machines are in the same room, and the boxes are around one metre
> apart. When I originally connected them together, I used a couple of
> Realtek
> 8139 based 10/100 cards and a crossover cable and the LAN connection
> worked
> great, but getting internet connection sharing to work became
> frustratingly
> impossible.
>
> I was told by someone more knowledgeable than me that I needed a "router",
> so I bought a DSL modem that has one built in. This particular modem (a
> Netcomm NB1300 in case anyone is familiar with them) works well, and
> sharing
> the internet connection between the two machines is now perfect. This
> modem
> connects to one machine through Ethernet, and the other through USB (which
> is the only way I could get it to work).
> However, the LAN connection, while working in this configuration, is poor
> compared to what it was with the two network cards.
>
> I've *now* been told that I need to go back to the two network cards, run
> them through a "switch" linking the two machines together, and plug the
> modem into the switch as well. Apparently, that will give me the best of
> both worlds.
>
> The problem I have now is that one of the machines suddenly won't let me
> install a network card.
>
> Since I first started playing around with this, I've updated one of the
> machines, and it has a couple of Ethernet ports built into the
> motherboard.
> The DSL modem connects to that machine through one of these ports, and it
> works just fine. The second machine recently got a new hard disk, and
> required a new Windows installation as, for some reason, the data on the
> old
> disk couldn't be transferred properly.
>
> The problem now is that since fitting the new hard disk and reinstalling
> windows, it balks whenever you put a network card in the machine, and
> fails
> with a "there was a problem installing your new hardware" message. The
> cards
> themselves are fine, and were working in that machine before.
>
> Currently, machine number two remains connected to the modem through it's
> USB connection, and I've been told that this is what's making the LAN
> connection between the two machines so slow. Everything currently works,
> it's just that the network connection is so slow that games are
> unplayable.
> (to give you an idea, if you've ever played a game like Medal of Honour
> over
> the internet with a dial-up connection, it's slower than that! )
>
> Basically, all I want to do is to get the network card installed on the
> second machine, and set the system up as I've been told to do so the kids
> and I can enjoy ourselves, but it won't let me. Both machines have no
> other
> problems apart from that, and work fine. Both run XP Pro with service pack
> 1, and both run fairly good quality hardware that's not pushed hard or is
> problematic in any other way.
>
> If anyone could offer any help that would either allow me to get this card
> installed, or offer a suggestion that would sort out my network problem
> some
> other way, I'd be eternally grateful.
>
> Finally, my apologies for the long winded post, and my thanks in advance
> for
> anyone taking the time to read it.
>
> Regards,
> Noddy.
>
>
>
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