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This is driving me crazy...

I am not new to networking but am missing something fundamental here...

I have two WinXP home computers that are connected to an ADSL wireless
modem.

The modem has DHCP enabled and both PCs can access the web and are assigned
their IP, Subnet, Gateway info correctly.

One is 10.0.0.1 and the other is 10.0.0.2 with the gateway being 10.0.0.138

This is my first exposure to Networking using XP home and I was having
trouble with printer sharing and I thought I'd start at the basics.

10.0.0.2 can ping 10.0.0.1
10.0.0.1 can ping 10.0.0.2 sometimes...
10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 can ping 10.0.0.138

Both machines have the firewall disabled and their Norton Internet Security
disabled too.

Any ideas ?
PLEASE !!!
 
Murphy said:
This is driving me crazy...

I am not new to networking but am missing something fundamental
here...
I have two WinXP home computers that are connected to an ADSL wireless
modem.

The modem has DHCP enabled and both PCs can access the web and are
assigned their IP, Subnet, Gateway info correctly.

One is 10.0.0.1 and the other is 10.0.0.2 with the gateway being
10.0.0.138
This is my first exposure to Networking using XP home and I was having
trouble with printer sharing and I thought I'd start at the basics.

10.0.0.2 can ping 10.0.0.1
10.0.0.1 can ping 10.0.0.2 sometimes...
10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 can ping 10.0.0.138

Both machines have the firewall disabled and their Norton Internet
Security disabled too.

Any ideas ?
PLEASE !!!
Click to expand...

Surely a MODEM can't be used as a hub, switch or router, can it?
 
Surely a MODEM can't be used as a hub, switch or router, can it?
Click to expand...

Many of those supplied by ISP's now are multi-function units acting as both
modem, router or hub, and WAP.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Rick said:
Many of those supplied by ISP's now are multi-function units acting
as both modem, router or hub, and WAP.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the info - I suppose I still class a "modem" as exactly that!
 
Murphy said:
This is driving me crazy...

I am not new to networking but am missing something fundamental
here...
I have two WinXP home computers that are connected to an ADSL wireless
modem.

The modem has DHCP enabled and both PCs can access the web and are
assigned their IP, Subnet, Gateway info correctly.

One is 10.0.0.1 and the other is 10.0.0.2 with the gateway being
10.0.0.138
Click to expand...

if you are running the modem on DHCP, why have you allocated static IP
addresses to both machines?
 
Gordon said:
Thanks for the info - I suppose I still class a "modem" as exactly that!
Click to expand...

So do I, and a modem is still just a modem, but the suppliers typically
refer to the units in this manner and so do the customers as a result. It's
more a matter of interpreting what exactly is meant when the term is used
now-a-days.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Murphy said:
One is 10.0.0.1 and the other is 10.0.0.2 with the gateway being
10.0.0.138
Click to expand...

The /usual/ setup (AFAIK) is like this:
gateway = 10.0.0.1
machines on Network behind gateway are 10.0.0.2 and 10.0.0.3 (for example).
Why did you allocate 10.0.0.138 for the gateway?
 
Murphy said:
This is driving me crazy...

I am not new to networking but am missing something fundamental here...

I have two WinXP home computers that are connected to an ADSL wireless
modem.

The modem has DHCP enabled and both PCs can access the web and are
assigned their IP, Subnet, Gateway info correctly.

One is 10.0.0.1 and the other is 10.0.0.2 with the gateway being
10.0.0.138

This is my first exposure to Networking using XP home and I was having
trouble with printer sharing and I thought I'd start at the basics.

10.0.0.2 can ping 10.0.0.1
10.0.0.1 can ping 10.0.0.2 sometimes...
10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 can ping 10.0.0.138

Both machines have the firewall disabled and their Norton Internet
Security disabled too.

Any ideas ?
PLEASE !!!
Click to expand...

Whichever PC the printer is installed on, is sharing of the printer enabled?

On the other PC can the printer be "seen" in My Networks etc.
 
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