Re: Multihomed Windows XP Home & DHCP problem

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From: Doug Sherman [MVP] (dsherman_at_nospam.tampabay.rr.com)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:52:42 -0500

Well, if you have a DSL modem and 2 computers all connected to the same
switch and both computers can access the Internet, then your ISP is giving
you 2 public IP addresses. Unless there is some reason why you need 2
public IP address, my recommendation would be to cancel one of them (you're
probably paying extra for it); and buy a cheap Internet router - Linksys,
Netgear, DLink, Belkin, etc.

It is true that MS defines 'multihomed' as installing more than one adapter
in a machine OR assigning more than one IP address to an adapter. However,
if you want to run two separate networks, you need the more-than-one-adapter
version.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Perttu" <perttu.aaltonen@SPAMFILTERkolumbus.fi> wrote in message
news:perttu.aaltonen-468869.20273213022005@news.kolumbus.fi...
> I have trouble setting up a private network at home. I have two
> computers and ADSL-modem connected to the same switch. Both computers
> get their ip-address from DHCP server. My other computer has additional
> manual private address assigned and Samba sharing and it seems to be
> working fine.
>
> Problem is Windows XP Home. I have assigned a manual private address and
> subnet mask with regedit in addition to the DHCP. I can ping the other
> computer but when I try to browse the network neighbourhood I get an
> error. After viewing firewall logs it seems that XP tries to browse the
> public network and not the private one.
>
> How can I get XP to browse the private network? Is this even possible in
> Windows XP Home?
>
>
> -Perttu

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