WAS: can't ping comp on my LAN. NOW: How to answer a question

On 20 Jun, 00:08, Alejandro <sexton...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 19, 11:58 pm, "jameshanle...@xxxxxxxxxxx"





<jameshanle...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have 2 comps on my LAN

sp2comp: win xp sp2
comp: win xp

comp and sp2comp are connected to a DSL home router/modem.

Both run remote desktop.

comp can do remote desktop (mstsc.exe) on sp2comp

but sp2comp can't do it on comp. comp is running remote desktop
server.

sp2comp can't ping comp either.

comp is not running a windows firewall, since it's just regular
windows xp. It has no firewall. (btw, was firewall introduced in
sp1 ?)

comp is up. Accessing the internet.

I don't see what stops sp2comp from accessing remote desktop on comp.
No doubt if I could ping comp It'd be a start. I don't see what stops
me from pinging it. I get "request timed out"

Are you trying to ping the IP address or the computer name?-

There are enough FAQs on how to ask a question, but nothing on how to
answer one.

For a start, recognise that usenet is archived, a good post is one
that provides information.

suppose for example, that you had some plan for
if pinging an ip didn't work
and a plan for if pinging a comp doesn't work.

then put the solution for both.

cover all the possibilities.
There's no need for the post to be enormous. e.g. you could refer to a
post that describes a procedure .

OH well. At least you didn't do what people usually do in this
newsgroup
"you tell me every piece of information about your computer, and i'll
do the analysis myself and tell you the answer"
of course, the thread then contains no useful analysis, and you get
more and more posts of a similar nature, and the same twat answering
ensures that no information is put forward.

This is the similar mentality as one in a wireless internet newsgroup
that does a requirements analysis to answer a usenet post. Instead of
saying If your requirements are this, do this (so, analysis is at
least listed.. even though the facts they are based on are not in good
form) . They say you tell me your requirements. and i'll solve it.
The analysis is thus hidden, and if in another thread somebody has
slightly different requirements - requirements that aren't even listed
technically. e.g. router is for a home. router is for business. Then
the whole answer changes.

Then there are those who when somebody asks "how do I do x with y".
or how do I do x. They say. You don't want to do that, you want to do
this. And they don't ever answer the question. The proper way is rule
number 1, deal with the question, rule number 2, suggest an
alternative.

I know that nobody in this newsgrup 'gets' how to answer a question.
But as i've mentioned. Things are archived, and this is for those that
do get it.

A FAQ on how to answer a question is paramount.
It won't happen in this newsgroup, but it'll happen.











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