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shawn modersohn

I am new to networking, but I do have grasp of the fundamentals. How do
I
share my cable connection and get a workgroup up? The modem is hooked into
a switch. The first win2k machine works fine, at least as far as the
internet goes. I can't however, see the other second win2k machine. The
second win2k machine can't see the first or access the internet. I have all
the latest drivers, the right cables, and the tcp/ip settings are identical
on both machines to an auto configure. The protocols for both machines are
tcp/ip, client for microsoft networks, and file and print sharing. The
workgroup names are the same.
I have a feeling it is the nic card on the second machine. It is an smc
ez card. I think it is just sorry ass hardware put in by compaq. About a
year ago, I had dsl. The connection on the second offending machine worked
fine then. About 6 months ago, I let my mom use the second machine. She
had Charter pipeline. The nic did not configure with ease then, so I just
hooked the modem via usb rather than ethernet. Now I have the second
machine back and charter pipeline as well, and still no worky via the
ethernet. Why would it work with dsl but not cable, is it the nic, the
cable company, what? Even If unhook the switch and just plug the modem into
the second offending machine directly, still I get no internet. I can ping
myself but no one else. I am just looking for ideas on where to narrow the
problem down. I really appreciate any help.
 
Hi, Shawn - I'd get a small firewall/router appliance - see NetGear FVS318
for a good one. This will allow you to share your connection and give you
more security from the Internet. It will do DHCP for you, too. Make sure you
can ping all machines by IP and name - and either use the same
username/password to log into each, or create all the accounts identically
 
I am new to networking, but I do have grasp of the fundamentals. How do
I
share my cable connection and get a workgroup up? The modem is hooked into
a switch. The first win2k machine works fine, at least as far as the
internet goes. I can't however, see the other second win2k machine. The
second win2k machine can't see the first or access the internet. I have all
the latest drivers, the right cables, and the tcp/ip settings are identical
on both machines to an auto configure. The protocols for both machines are
tcp/ip, client for microsoft networks, and file and print sharing. The
workgroup names are the same.
I have a feeling it is the nic card on the second machine. It is an smc
ez card. I think it is just sorry ass hardware put in by compaq. About a
year ago, I had dsl. The connection on the second offending machine worked
fine then. About 6 months ago, I let my mom use the second machine. She
had Charter pipeline. The nic did not configure with ease then, so I just
hooked the modem via usb rather than ethernet. Now I have the second
machine back and charter pipeline as well, and still no worky via the
ethernet. Why would it work with dsl but not cable, is it the nic, the
cable company, what? Even If unhook the switch and just plug the modem into
the second offending machine directly, still I get no internet. I can ping
myself but no one else. I am just looking for ideas on where to narrow the
problem down. I really appreciate any help.
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Shawn,

Here are several excellent websites with all you need to know:
http://www.cablesense.com/
http://www.homenethelp.com/home-network.asp
http://www.wown.com/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/

Cheers,


Chuck
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Hi Shawn...

If you have two public addresses from the cable company, yes, a switch might
be all you need however, be aware, Time Warner [Road Runner], not sure about
others, does not perform DHCP properly to assign addressing but you
generally do get a dynamic address. What they do is look for the first MAC
address and assign the IP address to that. If they see the switch first,
the IP will be assigned to the switch. It was their way to try to curb
duplicate systems running before all the low end routers came out. They
wanted to charge additionally even though you did not get additional
bandwidth and addressing doesn't cost anything.

Even if they were doing proper DHCP, they could limit you to one address.
The router suggestion allows you to use one public IP address and generally
up to 254 private network addresses behind that and since most come with a
firewall, it has additional benefits.


Chuck said:
Shawn,

Here are several excellent websites with all you need to know:
http://www.cablesense.com/
http://www.homenethelp.com/home-network.asp
http://www.wown.com/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/

Cheers,
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Thanks. I guess I need a router then. I was under the impression a switch
would do the trick.
 
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