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calum macaulay

Am trying to set up a home network between two PC's. Both
have network cards which are running and enabled and i
have run the wizard with both computers although neither
of them are showing up on "my network places". Why is
this and is there anything that i can do to create this
network?

Thanks.
 
It may be that two PCs are not configured properly to talk
to each other. First try to ping from one PC to the other.
Then go to the search on one PC and try to search the
other computer by name. If everything is setup properly
you will find it. After that it will remember the other
PC & showup in my network place.


pat
 
install netBEUI aswell as your TCP/IP its on the XP cd
under /addons/msf/net/netbeui. this will get your network
running, filesharing, acknolwedgement of PCs etc but will
only hide a problem (tho this probly lies with microsoft).
U shouldnt have to use static IPs either, letting windows
do one for you should b fine if your connecting to the
net thru a proxyPC.
alex
 
Are the computers directly connected through a single
network cable? If so make sure that you're using
a "crossover" cable, as opposed to a standard cable.
Otherwise, try pinging 127.0.0.1 on both computers to
verify that the network card is properly installed and
functional. If both computers ping correctly, try
changing the networking hardware to see if that's the
problem.
 
Are the computers directly connected through a single
network cable? If so make sure that you're using
a "crossover" cable, as opposed to a standard cable.
Otherwise, try pinging 127.0.0.1 on both computers to
verify that the network card is properly installed and
functional. If both computers ping correctly, try
changing the networking hardware to see if that's the
problem.
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I agree that a crossover cable is needed Eli. However, pinging
127.0.0.1 only verifies that the TCP/IP protocol is installed. It
doesn't say anything about whether the network card is installed and
functional. You can even ping 127.0.0.1 on a computer that doesn't
have a network card. A better test is to see if the computers can
ping each other.
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