re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs
Monday, May 13, 2002 at 6:14 am
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Posted by jim
(159 messages posted)
I'm not sure what means you used to set up your network, but the simplest for a novice
is to use is the network setup wizard. The only protocol that you need for the interoperability
of your network is TCPIP. IPX is used to communicate with Novell Networks and Netbeiu
is a simplistic protocol that can communicate between the internal resources but
has nothing to do with external communications to the Internet. TCPIP will do it
all.
An advantage to using the Network Setup Wizard is that, it will show you a picture
of how your internal topology should be setup for the various options and at the
end op the process it can write out to floppy the "right stuff" to be setup on your
clients.
Of importance is the concepts of IP addresses, subnet masks, gateways, and DNS.
Your ISP generally sets this stuff up using DHCP everytime you log in. Some use
static values, but most don't. On your internal side you must provide the same services.
One way is to use static values, the other is to use DHCP, the other is to set it
up statically.
Try the resources XP provided, I think it will work for you. The first choice in
the wizard is the one that I think applies to you.
On Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 6:15 pm, Mac McDaniel wrote:
>I've been unsuccessful in trying to set up a two PC home network between a new HP
>Pavilion 780N (WIN XP, 512MB RAM, 100 GB HD, pre-installed 10/100 NIC, using modem
>connection to internet) as the host, and a Dell Dimension 4100 (WIN98SE, 512MB RAM,
>75GB HD, LinkSys 10/100 NIC installed by me) as the client. I'm using the RJ45
cables
>to a four port hub between the two computers, and I've followed the directions I
>found on this site on how to set up the ICS, the different settings via the properties
>menus for IP, gateway, DNS, etc. I checked out some of the info in several books
>(to include the ones put out by Annoyances), but didn't see any answers to this
particular
>problem. I've given the computers different names, the workgroup is the same name,
>and I can't think of anything else. I would appreciate any feedback or assistance
>on this.
>
>Mac
>
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