Re: Home Network -- 2 XP Machines

From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 03/09/04 

Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 02:31:22 -0700

In article <965f01c405b4$30aaab40$a401280a@phx.gbl>, "Kanari"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Please?! I have two computers w/ xp home and they are
>connected together threough a Linksys cable router that
>is connected directly to my cable modem. the internet
>works great and the fire wall is enabled. I'v run the
>network wizard as well and there is no evidence of a
>network. I have tried various articles to get the network
>astablished and they don't seem to be of help....I'm a
>novice, please help.

My statement that Kyle needs a firewall doesn't apply to your setup,
Kanari, because you have a router between your computers and the cable
modem.

Run the Network Setup Wizard again and tell it that the computers
connect to the Internet through a "residential gateway", which is what
it calls a router. That should disable the firewall and get
everything working. 

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