Re: Home Networking with XP Prof.
- From: "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 07:39:12 -0700
"Hari" <Hari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:D6A70213-3D0D-4FF2-8716-84A55C09EAAC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks Kerry.
> I am not a pro and not so conversant with all the How To's involved. Does
> it
> mean that I do not depend on the network setup wizard of XP? I shall be
> thankful if you can tell me how to go about doing this - I mean seetting
> up
> DHCP and the common subnet etc. I can go to the TCP/IP properties and make
> any entries you suggest and make changes to the Windows firewall through
> the
> control centre.
>
Chuck has been giving you good advice. Follow his troubleshooting tips and
you'll get it working.
Kerry
> Hari
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> "Hari" <Hari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:CE8D3913-A89A-46AB-9B19-C5C7FBB5B59F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Using the XP wizard, i have set up home networking between my desktop
>> > and
>> > my
>> > laptop. Both have Windows XP Prof. SP2. I have tried both a cross-over
>> > LAN
>> > cable and a switch to connect the two. I am unable to see the laptop on
>> > the
>> > desktop and vice versa. On both machines, I have the win firewall OFF
>> > for
>> > the
>> > respective LAN adapter. File and printer sharing is ON. I use the
>> > desktop
>> > to
>> > connect to the internet through a second LAN card. The IP addresses
>> > given
>> > are
>> > 192.168... on the desktop and 169.254.... on the laptop.
>> >
>> > On both computers I am able to ping the local IP address but not the
>> > other
>> > one. Lan connection is reported as "connected" on both machines and the
>> > green
>> > light on the card is ON. The other light does not blink. On the laptop
>> > under
>> > network places, my workgroup is shown but on clicking it I get the
>> > message
>> > "
>> > .... is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
>> > network
>> > resource. Contact the administrator... to find if you have access. I
>> > have
>> > not
>> > set up any passwords on either machine.
>> > Can someone please help? Thanks.
>>
>> The laptop IP needs to be in the same subnet as the desktop. Currently
>> they
>> are not. You either need to manually set both computers to use the same
>> subnet or install a DHCP server i.e Internet Connection Sharing on the
>> desktop computer or a router.
>>
>> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/default.mspx
>>
>>
>>
>> Kerry
>>
>>
>>
.
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