Re: XP & Win2K N/w blues
- From: Chuck <none@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 9 Jul 2005 11:19:01 -0500
On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 06:38:43 -0500, agarwalamit28
<agarwalamit28.1rwhgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>Hi Chuck,
>
>The two computers are able to use networks separately.
>
>The Win2K (laptop) machine is connected on all working days to the
>network in my office and behaves absolutely normal.
>
>The WinXP (PC) machine at my home is connected to the LAN of my
>internet provider and behaves normally here. This is the way I am
>sending the posts on this forum.
>
>The problem exists only when I connect these two machines via a
>crossover cable. They do not communicate. I see that they both show
>sent and received network packets and these increase when I ping either
>machine. But, when I ping from the XP to Win2K machine, the ping
>generates a request time out while I can see that there are 4 packets
>received on the Win2K machine.
>
>I am using BlackIce firewall on both machines, for which I stop the
>firewall engines when I connect them. The XP machine has the Windows
>firewall available by default, for which I put it "Off" from the
>firewall properties tab.
>
>Here is the output of the IPCONFIG, BROWSTAT & PING (to the DNS server
>of the ISP) from the XP machine for your reference.
>
>I would be running the script on both machines and getting back to you
>soon.
>
>Windows XP PC:
>Windows IP Configuration
>Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : amit
>Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
>IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family
>Fast Ethernet NIC
>Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-EA-94-F8-44
>Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.180.7
>Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1
>DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1
>
>
>Status for domain WORKGROUP on transport
>\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{5CEC5378-007A-49E2-8AE7-0EE74F10465F}
>Browsing is NOT active on domain.
>Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.
>
>
>Pinging 172.16.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
>
>Reply from 172.16.0.1: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=64
>Reply from 172.16.0.1: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=64
>Reply from 172.16.0.1: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=64
>Reply from 172.16.0.1: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=64
>
>Ping statistics for 172.16.0.1:
>Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
>
>Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
>Minimum = 10ms, Maximum = 43ms, Average = 20ms
>
>
>Rgds,
>Amit
Amit,
OK, I'm seeing the picture. What you're doing is similar to everybody here who
wants to carry their office computer home, connect it to the home LAN, and share
files etc between the two. The only difference is that you don't have a home
LAN - just a single computer. Except when you want to connect the laptop.
My serious recommendation is that you forgo the use of a crossover cable, and
the nuisance of setting up both computers to use one, and get a router (if you
don't already have one) at home, and use it to connect the two computers. You
can get a simple NAT router at places like Walmart and Radio Shack, for
instance, for about the price of 1 or 2 months of Internet access.
I have written an article which summarises the issues involved in moving a
computer from one network to another. Please read this article, and think about
each issue. Taking any computer from a work environment to a home environment
can be tricky, and if done improperly, can negatively affect its performance
when it is returned to the workplace.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/have-laptop-will-travel.html>
If this solution is one which you've considered, and rejected, my apologies for
bringing it up again. But I think, in the long run, that this is a good place
to start.
--
Cheers,
Chuck MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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