Re: Network Sharing Help



I have a cable going to the cable modem which goes to a LinkSys WRT54G
wireless-g broadband route. Then it goes to my desktop.

Here is the desktop IPinfo"

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BenoitFamily
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : charter.net
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : charter.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : charter.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet
Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-5A-4E-0B-3B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.196.215.8
24.196.223.8
24.158.223.8
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, June 03, 2005 8:04:54 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, June 04, 2005 8:04:54 PM


Here is my laptop IPinfo:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BlakeLaptop
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : charter.net
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : charter.net
charter.net
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State.................. . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-OE-B8-91-1F-1C

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : charter.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Networ
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-F0-5C-2D-A4
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.196.215.8
24.196.223.8
24.158.223.8
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, June 03, 2005 8:35:50 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, June 04, 2005 8:35:50 PM



"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> Blake wrote:
> > Nepatfan,
> > Everything was working fine 2 nights ago once I followed you
> > suggestions but it was not working last night. I could not
> > access the desktop from my laptop. I could not see my laptop
> > from my desktop. When I first got my laptop, I was logged on
> > as the "Administrator" and I had installed some programs,
> > saved some information to my "Favorite" folder, created some
> > icons on my desktop and created some files and folders. So
> > when I got home yesterday, I moved those items to my account
> > "blake" which I created as per you previous response. The
> > internet went out for some time last night. Once the
> > internet (cable) came back on, I was not able to access my
> > desktop and I could not access the internet from my laptop.
> > The wireless icon in the bottom tray just showed that the
> > laptop was accessing the network.
> > Did I to something without realizing it? How do I and what
> > are the steps in configuring the firewalls? I found a site
> > (forum) that explained the firewall configuration but I can
> > not remember where that site is.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Blake
>
> It would be helpful to know a little bit more about how your
> network is strucured:
> For instance, do you have a router or hub in place and how are
> your computers connected to it?
> How does the laptop access the internet?
> Does it have a direct connection to the modem or are you using
> Internet Connection Sharing through your desktop?
>
> Since I don't have that info, this is my best guess on what you
> should do:
> Shut down both your laptop and your desktop.
> If applicable, unplug your router.
> Unplug your cable modem.
> After waiting a minute of two plug the cable modem back in.
> Wait for all the lights on the front panel to remain lit.
> Plug your router back in.
> Wait until you see a network activity light.
> Restart you computers.
> Test both internet and network connectivity.
>
> If this doesn't fix the problem then you might want to do the
> following:
> On each machine go to Start -> Run and enter cmd.exe in the
> Open box.
> Click OK.
> In the command prompt window enter this:
> ipconfig /all >C:\IPinfo.txt
> Note: There's a space between ipconfig and /all as well as /all
> and >C:\IPinfo.txt
> That command has created a text file at the root of your C
> drive named IPinfo.
> Open this file and copy the contents.
> Paste that information into a reply to this message.
> Make sure to note which info goes with which computer.
>
> FYI, in the future you might want to post questions that are
> related to networking issues to this newsgroup:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web&lang=en&cr=US
>
> Nepatsfan
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