Re: Home Networking Confusion...

From: Phoenix (anonymus_at_webmail.com)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 10:40:57 -0700

Thank you for the info -
I have installed the IPX/SPX protocol on both PC's - ran the Network Setup
Wizard - they still are not showing up.
Is there a specific way I need to set up the IPX/SPX protocols on both PC's?
And - we both have our own IP address - which is the way we want it....

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <winograd@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:hsk801drpj8r8pgqs10cc1o25bdv0btjo9@4ax.com...
> In article <#1PyP5zCFHA.3416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, "Phoenix"
> <anonymus@webmail.com> wrote:
>>I am slightly confused about home networking...I don't know much about it
>>in
>>general - so I was hoping someone here can help me out with this...
>>Here's the situation:
>>
>>2 PC's - Both have Windows XP Home (XPSP2).
>>
>>Broadband Connection.
>>
>>1 Netgear Fast Ethernet Switch / Model FS105
>>
>>1 PC has a Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC.
>>1 PC has a ADMtek AN986 USB To Fast Ethernet Converter.
>>
>>We both have connection to the net, but I have been trying to network our
>>computers together for a while now, and I just can't get it to work.
>>I have also been trying to setup the printers so that we can both print on
>>the one printer -to no avail either.
>>
>>I have gone throught the Network Setup Wizard about a hundred different
>>times...
>>I am getting rather frustrated here...and am MORE than open to
>>suggestions...
>>
>>Somebody - please help me out here!
>>
>>Thank You!
>
> This answer applies to a setup, like yours, where the computers
> connect to a cable modem or DSL modem through a hub or switch. It
> doesn't apply if they connect through a broadband router.
>
> Your network setup is described in the Windows XP Help and Support
> program. Click Start | Help and Support, search for the topic
> "Network configurations overview", and look at the section labeled
> "Individual Internet connections".
>
> The solution given there is to install the IPX/SPX protocol for file
> sharing and to disable file sharing on TCP/IP. I've written a web
> page showing how to do it:
>
> Windows XP Network Protocols
> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm
>
> There are two reasons to use IPX/SPX instead of TCP/IP for file
> sharing with this setup:
>
> 1. If your cable or DSL provider assigns IP addresses in different
> subnets to your computers, it isn't possible for them to communicate
> with each other using TCP/IP.
>
> 2. Since your computers connect directly to the Internet through the
> cable or DSL modem, they receive public IP addresses that are
> accessible by everyone on the Internet. Using TCP/IP for file sharing
> could let other people access your shared files.
>
> Be sure to enable XP's built-in firewall on both computers to protect
> them from access by Internet hackers.
>
> A much simpler setup would be possible if you removed the switch and
> replaced it with a broadband router. You'd connect the cable modem or
> DSL modem to its WAN port and connect the computers to its LAN ports.
> In that case:
>
> 1. You'd only need to get one IP address from your cable modem
> provider, which would save you money if your ISP charges a monthly fee
> for two IP addresses.
>
> 2. The broadband router would assign private IP addresses to your
> computers. Private IP addresses aren't accessible by other Internet
> users, so your network would be safe.
>
> 3. You could use TCP/IP as the only network protocol, with no need for
> IPX/SPX.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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