working with XP network
From: Ben (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/09/04
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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 06:11:15 -0800
Is it possible with two computers sharing dialup
connecting with a crossover cable?
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Ben,
>Key questions: how will you connect the directly-
>connected machines to the gateway -- another network
card
>somewhere? A hub? Is it really mandatory that you use
a
>crossover cable between your local machines? Are static
>IP's neccessary inside your network? If so, can they be
>in the 192.168.0.* range or do they have to be in a pre-
>determined domain?
>
>If the answers to most of these questions is "I don't
>really care, I just want it to work", I would start
>your quest by first building a working local LAN and
then
>creating the gateway.
>
>I'd suggest getting a cheap 4-port hub. Plug all three
>machines into it, and verify that you have a LAN. Then
>verify that the machine with the modem has a working
Dial-
>Up Connection.
>
>You can configure your clients to use static IP
addresses
>at this point if you need them; but make sure you also
>preassign the IP address associated to the gateway's LAN
>connection (not its dial-up connection) in the same IP
>domain as the clients. This is a good time to verify
>that you have a working LAN (i.e. machines can see each
>other in the windows workgroup, you have access to
remote
>disks and printers, etc.)
>
>At this point you should be able to run the Home Network
>Setup wizard on the gateway machine; and then run it on
>the other machines. This will enable ICS on the
gateway,
>and it will set up the clients to use the gateway for
all
>network services.
>
>I honestly don't know how you could utilize a Xover
cable
>between machine 2 and machine 3. The way I understand
>it, there still would have to be a physical connection
>from one of these client machines to the gateway, which
>would require another network card on that client, which
>would require a network bridge on that client; but a
rule
>of ICS is that a network bridge can only exist on the
>gateway machine. Its a puzzle I can't solve.
>
>GL.
> /dave
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have three machines. Two running Windows XP and one
>>Windows 2000.
>>
>>I would like to configure 1 XP and 2000 machine for
>>static ip addresses by running a crossover cable
between
>>them. Then configure the other XP for dialup as a
>>gateway. How can I accomplish this?
>>.
>>
>.
>
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