-----Original Message-----
I have two laptops and I am trying to use a router to
connect both of them to the internet. I used to have ME
on one computer and XP on the other and it worked fine.
Now that I upgraded the one computer, that computer
doesn't work as far as the internet. NO ONE seems to
know the answer.
Please help me out
I'll try, but might need more info.
What "answers" have you run through? With a router,
it's a fair guess you're not using dialup, but probably
cable or DSL.
A lot of this is FM (the M being "magic" - the F is -
ummmm - FUNNY, yeah, that's the ticket, funny magic!).
Let's start by ruling out simple hardware failure. Try
connecting this directly to the new-XP. And try swapping
the cables to your 2 computers, and unless there's
reason otherwise, swap them at the hub, too. If the
problem remains the same throughout, we know it's in the
new-XP machine.
If you have a firewall on the new machine, disable it.
I'd recommend exiting it completely, just to be on the
safe side. Once you're connected, then enable and
configure it. Make sure the Windoze firewall is also
disabled (see below).
Also disable any network bridges (right click the bridge
and select DISABLE). I'm not sure exactly what they do
(and I'm afraid to ask ;-), but all my stuff works great
without them, and doesn't work at all with them. Check
after you run the wizards, too.
Have you run the network setup wizards (control panel -
network connections)? Make sure to choose the 2nd
option - internet thru another computer or residential
gateway.
From network connections, right click on Local Area
Connection, advanced tab, and make sure the Internet
Connectio Firewall is not selected - these can cause
problems getting the LAN started. On the General tab,
in the This COnnection Uses: box, highlight Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP), click Properties (just below), and
select Obtain IP address automagically and Obtain DNS
automatically.
If this doesn't work, check these settings on your other
box and duplicate 'em.
go to start>run>cmd to open a DOSbox, and type:
ipconfig
and see what ip address you have. It should be similar
to the addy on your other puter, i/e. 192.168.1.<x>,etc.
Good luck.
--mike curtis
ironmanHATESPAM@ironmanBUTIDONTWANTANYSPAMcurtis<dot>com
