2-user XP workgroup won't work
From: Pete S (peter_r_stevens_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/01/04
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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 11:01:13 -0800
I'm seeking help, please, with a home networking problem?
I've set up Windows XP workgroups before with no problem,
using the 'Set up a home or small office network' wizard,
with no real problems.
Getting my home desktop and laptop to communicate,
however, has been unsuccessful. I'm connecting them with a
Cat 5 X-over cable. I can get things to work by using the
wizard, except that it doesn't work next time I connect or
restart.
I've been through the knowledge base, and found an
apparent IP address problem. I therefore set the gateway
(desktop) to 192.168.01, leaving the Default gateway and
Preferred DNS server entries blank. The laptop's IP
address is 192.168.0.2, with 192.168.01 as both the
Default gateway address and the Preferred DNS server. This
worked until a reset of both machines. In case it's
relevant, I use a dial-up connection to a pay-as-you-go
ISP via an internal modem.
I can ping the ICS gateway from the laptop, but not vice-
versa; the gateway can't even ping itself. I've reset the
gateway's TCP/IP stack (article 299357, as recommended in
308007) but to no avail. Despite this, the laptop connects
to the Internet via the ICS gateway machine absolutely
fine - although it can't print to the gateway's printer.
Any help or pointers you can offer would be much
appreciated.
Pete Stevens
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