Re: DHCP

For the price of that second network card, you could have probably gotten a
4-port router instead. You'd put this between the cable modem and your PC,
allowing both PCs to share the internet as well as network with each other.
Plus it would act as a hardware firewall. You can typically get these at
OfficeMax or CompUSA or other electronics stores on sale for maybe $20
(check your Sunday paper's insert ads).

You're getting that error because, yes, if the network adapter is connected
directly to the other PC, then there is no DHCP server anywhere around to
assign the IP address. If you want to continue this way, you'll need to
create an IP address for both PCs in the network properties for the
associated network adapters.

Dana Cline - MVP

"S Murder" <SMurder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:EE3E1506-69F9-4AD0-9D5F-7A78148883F5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The second one that I installed is so I can connect to another computer I
> have with a cross-over LAN cable. My on board port conects to the internet
> with an LAN cable. The only firewall I have is the Windows XP firewall.
>
>
> "CWatters" wrote:
>
> >
> > "S Murder" <SMurder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:49710682-AF66-4C51-863D-64961096BF9A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > When ever I start my computer, before starting Windows it displays a
PCI
> > > listing, my Ethernet card, my MAC address, and then I have to wait for
it
> > to
> > > look something up with DHCP. After a little bit, it says no DHCP or
prxy
> > > information was recieved and then starts Windows XP. I think it only
did
> > this
> > > after I installed an Ethernet Adapter (in addition to my on board
one). Is
> > > there any way to avoid this process?
> >
> > Is the Ethernet card connected to anything? If it's conncted to a router
> > chances are that the router can be configured to provide an IP address
via
> > DHCP. Otherwise set up the network card to have a manual/static IP
address
> > as Jamie suggested.
> >
> >
> >


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