Re: Home Networking XP with ME machines.

From: Phil M. (pmarg_at_charter.net)
Date: 02/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 23:01:02 GMT

"Melvin Cotterill" <melvinj@surewest.net> wrote in
news:ezFTh1k$DHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:

> 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

How about ipconfig /all on the ME machine?

Phil 

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