RE: 2 pc network - XP and Win95 - help needed badly!
From: Clark (Clark_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/03/04
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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 15:17:02 -0700
Just thought I would post the solution to this. After reading every
troubleshooting site and trying countless settings and
scenerios.............what really has to be done is
un-installing/re-installing the NIC's. Apparently......in Win95, and
sometimes in XP, previous IP addresses just won't get released and/or renewed
no matter what commands you use. Also......I deleted the winsock entries
(winsock and winsock32 in the registry) in XP and let it replace/rebuild them
on re-boot.......just in case they were somehow currupted, but I'm not
totally sure this was part of the problem. Re-installing the NIC re-sets them
clean. This was probably the one thing I did not think of to do. Now, ICS is
assigning the proper IP addresses, and the network is functioning perfectly.
"Clark" wrote:
> I've been trying to get these two machines networked for 10 days now with no
> joy. It seems I've tried every procedure at every networking site on the net.
> The current problem is this: The DHCP service in XP is not automatically
> assigning an IP address to PC2 (Win95), and is assigning an improper IP
> address (169.254.117.212) to it's own (lan) nic. From what I've read, DHCP
> should be doing this correctly and automatically with ICS installed. I'm
> getting an error message in the event viewer at regular intervals when XP is
> running.......Error: 32003 Source: IPNATHLP "The Network Address
> Translator(NAT) was unable to request an operation of the kernal-mode
> translation module", which is basically saying that "the public (shared)
> connection is waiting for a DHCP assigned IP address". There were also two
> other interesting one-time errors prior to this one: #1 Warning: Source: DHCP
> "Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for the network
> card with network address 00B0D0E7AF18. The IP address being used is
> 169.254.117.212".......followed by Error: Source IPNATHLP " The DHCP
> allocator has disabled itself on IP address 169.254.117.212 since the IP
> address is outside the 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 scope of which addresses are
> being allocated to DHCP clients. To enable the DHCP allocator for this IP
> address, please change the scope to include this IP address, or change the IP
> address to fall within the scope". Some other details: The set-up is a Dell
> 8100 (XP) with a 3COM integrated nic for the LAN, and an Intel internal DSL
> modem for the shared internet connection. The 95 machine has a Netgear nic
> and both machines plug into a 5 port switch. All hardware is functioning
> normally. PC2 (95) does not list PC1 (XP) in the network. PC1 DOES list PC2
> in the network, but can't be accessed (message: network address not found).
> Neither machine can ping each other. All required components are
> installed...........File/Printer Sharing, Client For MS Networks, Shares
> (folders,drives,printer) are enabled on both machines, Protocols
> installed.......I've even tried Netbeui because I read somewhere it was the
> easiest to configure, and set it as default on 95. I tried assigning IP
> addresses manually on both........192.168.0.1 and 2 with subnet mask
> 255.255.255.0. and confirmed on both machines with command 'ipconfig' and
> 'winipconfig'. Currently, at the command prompt on XP, it indicates no IP
> address or anything else assigned to ethernet lan nic, and the same on the 95
> machine. (both currently set to 'assign IP address automatically').
> So, it seems it's come down to the DHCP problem on XP, and possibly changing
> the scope one way or another, which I have no idea how to do. If anyone has
> any suggestions (that doesn't involve spending any money), or ideas, I would
> really appreciate it!
> Thanks very much for the time and any help........
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