Re: xp networking
From: BAR (BAR_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/23/05
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:47:02 -0800
So Carl for a month everything was working fine and you were happy.
llofasudden and instantaneously it doesn't work.
Your first thought was that Windows was totally screwed and so you performed
a reinstallation - if that's what is meant by 'reformat'.
It wouldn't complete the network setup wizard, so you bought a new crossover
cable [I hope] and still it doesn't work. Now you're convinced that it's a
Windows problem and you'll get anything else if it works....well can you be
sure that anyhting else will work? NO and NO.
So we have to believe that XP is OK and to check the following - bearing in
mind now that you have reinstalled XP on the kids computer:-
1. Is the Network Adapter working - look at device manager and see if there
is a Network Adapter {NIC} - if not the installation phase could not identify
an adapter. This means that it could be dead. To check:-
2. Look at the NIC on each machine when they are powered up and see if the
indicator lights are on. If not it could be that the card may be dead [be
pretty sure it is if it also doesn't show up in Device Manager].
3. Unplug [if possible, sometimes there are built into the motherboard] the
NIC from the machine that you haven't reinstalled XP, go to the kid's machine
and change the existing NIC in the kid's machine with the one you just
unplugged.
4. Boot up the kids' PC and see if it starts the 'Found New Hardware
Wizard'. If so, then complete the process and you have nailed the problem for
this PC.
5. Take the NIC that we now think isn't working and put it into the other
computer.
6. Boot up the PC and see if it starts the 'Found New Hardware Wizard'. If
so, then complete the process and you have solved the problem altogether and
your network should run again - these things sometimes happen.
7. If it isn't identified during the startup process then it's off to
Circuit City, Dixons or whatever is a convienient store in your part of the
world and get hold of a new NIC. It should only cost US $10-15 at the very
most.
"Carl" wrote:
> ok i'll try again,
>
> ok i have two xp pro computers i'm connecting through a simple crossover
> network
> I had the network up for a month or so when all of a sudden it died
> i can ping an net view from the host (server) computer but the client
> cannot ping or net view the host
>
> now today i decided to format the client (thinking this would help) since
> the client is my kids computer. After that it wouldn't even install a network
> so i got another cable an still no go
>
> you can see my other post i put on here a couple days ago.I got all the same
> links but really no resolve (but i do appericiate those who tried)
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