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From: Pete (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/02/04 

Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:40:45 -0800

Hi, Chuck & Steve

Thanks for the quick replies.

I uninstalled Norton Internet Security 2004, as suggested
by Steve, and found both machines ping OK and, praise be,
the network connection was restored.

Do you think I'd be OK to reinstall NIS and just disable
the firewall while I'm using the network connection? I'm a
bit nervous about reinstalling NIS in case it screws the
whole thing up, but also nervous about not reinstalling
it, for obvious reasons! Is this a Symantec support issue?

Chuck - you asked for the settings for both machines, from
ipconfig. Here they are, in case there's something you can
suggest that would stabilise things and let me use NIS :

Computer_1 (ICS Gateway, desktop, previously unpingable)
Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : COMPUTER_1

        Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek
RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC

        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-2B-2E-37-
BB

        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Computer_2 (laptop)
Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : COMPUTER_2

        Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed

        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mshome.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900 PCI
Fast Ethernet Adapter

        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-D0-4D-B6-
03

        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2

        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Really grateful to you guys for the help - seems like a
solution is on the horizon.

Regards,

Pete

>-----Original Message-----
>On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 11:01:13 -0800, "Pete S"
><peter_r_stevens@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>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
>
>Pete,
>
>Please start by posting ipconfig for both computers.
Start - Run -
>"ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open c:\ipconfig.txt
in Notepad,
>copy and paste into your next post.
>
>Make sure you have ICF disabled on the gateway connection
to the
>laptop. Un install any other firewalls.
>
>Here's a good article to explain what you have to do.
It's a lot
>simpler than it looks - if you do it without confusing
yourself with
>the wizard.
>http://www.cablesense.com/sharing/compare.php
>
>Cheers,
>Chuck
>Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a
bad thing.
>.
>

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