Re: Network setup random versus assigned ip's

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From: Michael D. Alligood (mdalligood_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 07/27/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:59:24 -0400

If you want to two computers to communicate with or without the router
(cable modem) -- do not statically assign ip addresses to the computers.
When the router is connected, they will receive an ip address from the
router. When the router is not available, the will be autoconfigured through
windows xp. 

-- 
Best of luck!
Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, CCNA, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI
"Jeff Reid" <noone@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:fejNc.456$wz.343@fed1read01...
> > On your second test, are you saying that you cannot tracert FQDN on the
> > internet?
>
> I just can't tracert between the computers.
>
> > On your third test, you have the modem disconnected. You probably are
> > statically assigning the IP address of the default gateway
>
> I left the gateway field blank. I was attempting to get the entered
> data to look as close to the randomd data as possible.
>
> Is there a way to statically assign the IP's (one is 68.... the other
> is 65...) so that the two computers can communicate with or without
> the cable modem?
>
>
>

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