re: Weird (?) local area network problem
Monday, May 16, 2005 at 1:20 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Mike
(257 messages posted)
I'm inclined to think the following:
a) Print & file sharing needs to be setup on the one computer that you can't seem
to findthe option for.
b) IP isn't set correctly on the one that does not show the IP address under ipconfig
(try ipconfig /all) as they can't ping each other
c) I was assuming you were using a cat5 crossover cable, not a serial/parallel connection
as determined above...can you please verify the connection media you are using?
I shouldn't have assumed...
Try that and we'll pick up again from those answers. You need to have an IP address
scheme (i.e. you can give comp. a IP address 10.110.110.05 and the second an address
of 110.110.110.10 which will yield a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0). Make sure both comps.
are on the same subnet (same network) and that they can (at the least) ping each
other. If they can't ping, then they obvisouly are not communicating.
Laslty, as the other person recommended, a router or switch would make the job much
easier and also add more flexibility and security (not marginally, but still, more
than before if you are sharing a connection...).
md
On Monday, May 16, 2005 at 9:36 am, theokratie wrote:
>I have checked IPs from ipconfig. With the second computer ipconfig doesn't give
>any IP while connected with the crossover cable, as it doesn't recognize the cable
>at all. I have assumed that the address is the same as with internet communication?
>
>And no, the machines can't ping each other.
>
>The second computer is sharing its main directories, but I'm not sure about the
first
>one. The first one doesn't show "Sharing" tab in the properties window of a directory,
>so does it mean that the computer isn't sharing at all, or what?
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