Home Networking XP with ME machines.

From: Melvin Cotterill (melvinj_at_surewest.net)
Date: 02/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:51:23 -0800

Hello;

I am attempting to get a LAN home network operational. My computer has
Windows XP Pro installed on it and the other family members have Windows ME.
All machines are equipped with Netgear(or Linksys) NIC I/O cards, and are
connected, via cables to a Netgear Gateway RT314 router. The router is
connected to a DSL modem cabled to the Internet.
All machines can log on to the Internet. All machines can print to two HP
printers connected to the router via an HP Jetdirect print server cabled to
the router.. So far, so good. However, the computers do not appear to
communicate with on another using the "ping" command with the appropriate IP
address. An error appears 4 times stating "Request timed out". Where, how,
do I begin to solve this problem? I used the "ipconfig /all" command on the
XP machine. I pasted the results here, just in case it can be some help. Any
and all help greatly appreciated.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\melvin cotterill>cd c:\

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : HOMEBREW
        Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : va.mediaone.net
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys NC100 Fast Ethernet
Adapter
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-5A-61-A3-6F
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.5
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, February 28, 2004
12:19:36
 PM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:19:36
PM

C:\>

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((melvin))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
))))))))0

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