Re: Setting up a LAN on 2 desktop PCs

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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:20:01 -0700, "Alex Keiser"
<AlexKeiser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi,
>I have Windows XP Pro SP2 on 2 desktop PCs and I want to set up a LAN
>(without internet connection) using a switch.
>I ran home networking wizard on both computers but they're not detecting
>each other.
>The green lights on the switch are OK.
>The IP addresses are : 169.254.177.28 and 169.254.205.121
>What could be done to solve this problem?
>Thanks.

Alex,

How about the lights on the two computers? Do they both indicate physical
connectivity?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/dealing-with-physical-network-problems.html>

How are you diagnosing "they're not detecting each other"? Are you pinging each
from the other?

Are pings successful? Then you need to look at higher level problems.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#Resolution>

Are pings not successful? Then you need to look for misconfigured or overlooked
firewalls:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>

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