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re: Question about 'Connect to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network'
Thursday, January 31, 2002 at 3:55 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by bill
(383 messages posted)
Does your dsl provider allow for multiple IP's to your site. 192...... is a private
address usually used for in house networks. I think your going to need a router.
On Thursday, January 31, 2002 at 12:26 pm, Mick Menken wrote:
>I have a question about Connect
>to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network:Okay,
>I will try this again, since I made an error the first post and it didn't show.
This
>is my problem. I have two machines. One with XP Pro and two NIC cards, the other
>with ME and one NIC. I have both computers running to a Linksys 5-port Workgroup
>Hub, which also has my DSL modem connected to it. What I would like to do is have
>both machines able to share files and connect through the DSL, but so far, the only
>way I've been able to do this is by having one NIC on the XP machine go straight
>to the DSL modem, and the other NIC on the XP go to the other computer. The downfall
>to this is:the ME machine gets a 192...IP instead of the IP from the DHCP through
>the DSL. If I didn't host internet multiplayer games on the ME machine this wouldn't
>be a problem, but if someone could guide me through the setup so both machines are
>sharing files, and recieving IP's from the DSL DHCP that would be great, if it's
>possible. TIA
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