Re: Home Networking -- 2 Networks
- From: "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <winograd@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:08:04 -0600
In article <7A61E1D8-0538-48F0-9C31-B3165E7A8DB8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Norm" <Norm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >I have a Windows XP Home Desktop and a Windows XP Professional Laptop. Both
>> >have wireless adapters and Ethernet adapters. I have set up a wireless
>> >network from both machines to a DSLAM Subnet 192.168.1.x, 255.255.255.0 DHCP
>> >off the DSLAM). I want to set up a second Ethernet network connecting the
>> >two machines (192.168.2.x, 255.255.255.0 set up statically). I have a 10/100
>> >5 Port Ethernet switch both machines are attached to.
>> >
>> >I have run the Network Connection Wizard on the XP Home machine and can ping
>> >both the wireless and Ethernet adapters from that machine.
>> >
>> >I have run the Network Connection Wizard on the XP Pro machine and cannot
>> >ping either adapter. However, when I ping the XP home machone, I get a
>> >response from the wireless adapter on that machine. I can ping the TCP/IP
>> >loopback from the XP Pro machine. I am sure that when I can ping the
>> >adapters on the XP Pro machine from the XP Pro machine, all will be O.K.
>> >
>> >BTW, the DSL network is running fine on both machines, even thoguh the XP
>> >Pro machine cannot ping its own wireless adapter!
>> >
>> >I would appreciate any and all help on this one.
>>
>> When a computer can't ping its own network adapter, the most likely
>> problem is a firewall program (Norton, McAfee, ZoneAlarm, PCCillln,
>> etc) that has been misconfigured or incompletely uninstalled.
>
>Steve,
>
>Thank you!!!!! I found I had a firewall turned on via Norton Security as
>well as XP, so I turned the Norton Security Firewall off.
>
>Pinging mt adapters now works and I re-ran the network configuration wizard
>and the private Ethernet LAN network can see my both XP machines in the
>workgroup.
You're welcome, Norm. I'm glad that my suggestion helped you solve
the problem. Thanks for posting the solution.
As you've discovered, running more than one firewall can cause
networking problems.
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