[darkforce2002]

Heyyy..hiii...i have a strange problem on my network....first of all i had a limited or no connectivity connection...but then i started to do crazy things and repairing connections...and somehow the internet connection now works on my other laptop ...here's what my networkd consists of,main PC with a USB modem ...and then a laptop connected thru a LAN card to my MAIN pc...i shared the connection of the main PC,and now i can use my DSL line on the laptop but the thing is....although i think i managed to solve the first problem...i cant seem to make an ACTUAL network...meaning...when i press on VIEW WORKGROUP COMPUTERS,it takes a while to tell me that MSHOME is not accessible ,you might not have permission to use this network resource...same on my laptop...so i cant share files.they doesnt appear on the main page of network places and i cant access work groups...any ideas ?!!

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did you run the network setup wizard on both computers? how bout enable print and file sharing on both machines?

[dsenette]

did you run the network setup wizard on both computers? how bout enable print and file sharing on both machines?

[darkforce2002]

Well,yes i ran the network wizard on both computers and restarted...and SHARED my drives....

[dsenette]

on both computers do the following

computer 1:
start > run > cmd > ipconfig /all > "c:\comp1.txt"

computer 2:
start > run > cmd > ipconfig /all > "c:\comp2.txt"

attatch both files with your next post

[darkforce2002]

Hey um sry...i cudnt understand the last part...after i type ipconfig \all... how to get the TXT file ?!! or copy the products of the IPCONFIG 8-)

[dsenette]

ipconfig /all > "c:\comp2.txt"

you just type that exactly into the command prompt..(the thing that comes up after start > run > cmd) the > is a "write command" it pipes the info directly to a text file

[darkforce2002]

the components of the first computer....(one with USB modem)



Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : HUSSAM

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-09-D8-D8-00



PPP adapter Speedtouch Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 196.218.20.163

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 196.218.20.163

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 163.121.128.134

212.103.160.18

And the comp2.txt




Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : EMY

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mshome.net



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel® PRO/100 VE Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-4A-C5-46-7F

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.195

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, February 25, 2006 5:45:58 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, March 04, 2006 5:45:58 PM

Edited by darkforce2002, 25 February 2006 - 10:00 AM.

[dsenette]

coiuld you describe the physical setup for me again..exactly how these machines are connected?
what i think you've got is...phone line from the wall to a usb modem...which is hooked to the main computer right?
then you've got an ethernet cable connecting one computer to the other through the nic cards?

is this a regular ethernet patch cabble? if so...to do nic to nic....you have to use a crossover cable...i think this is causing part of the issue....because the nic on the main computer is showing as unplugged..

[darkforce2002]

Well,my network is exactly as u said...but my cable is a crossover cable...i used to connect my computer to my neighbour's wayyyyy before i had a DSL line...cud it be damaged or something ?!!

[dsenette]

it could be...but ...is what you posted above...just from the one computer? cuz i need the ipconfig /all from both computers

[darkforce2002]

well,NO :$ ...um sry i tried to separate them bas they weren't that spearated...there's the AND THE COMP2.TXT sentence separating both configs...

[dsenette]

ok..i missed that sentence completely....let me copy that stuff out and re evaluate (problem is sill the same) ...i just want to get you some clear instructions...

[dsenette]

ok so we've got computer 1 with usb modem

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : HUSSAM

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : 

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-09-D8-D8-00



PPP adapter Speedtouch Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : 

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 196.218.20.163

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 196.218.20.163

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 163.121.128.134

212.103.160.18

and computer two without

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : EMY

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : 

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mshome.net



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel® PRO/100 VE Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-4A-C5-46-7F

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.195

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, February 25, 2006 5:45:58 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, March 04, 2006 5:45:58 PM

on computer one...you've got...the phoneline going to the modem...connected to the pc via usb...then you have an ethernet (crossover) cable going from comp1's nic...to comp2's nic..correct?


on computer 1...right click my network places and do properties...now right click the icon for the LAN connection that corresponds to this NIC (Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC) should be listed as " Local Area Connection"..choose properties...in the window that opens...highlight tcp/ip...and press the properties button....switch over to "manually assign ip" or however it's listed...and assign these values in the following fields

ip address : 192.168.0.194
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

then do apply and ok....now from computer 1 do

start > run > cmd > ping EMY
start > run > cmd > ping 192.168.0.195

any result?

from comp2 do
start > run > cmd > ping hussam
start > run > cmd > ping 192.168.0.194
any result?

[darkforce2002]

Hi again...your description was exactly right...and about the pinging,by IP ,i get a request timed out...and by HOST NAME i get a host unreachable message...both computers....and about the numbers u gave me to manually use,i cudnt find a dhcp server to put a number infront of it...and looking at log of COMPUTER1... i saw dhcp disabled...

[dsenette]

sorry...no need to enter the dhcp server..was'nt watching what i was doing there..

so after changing the ip on the ethernet adapter on computer one...you still can't ping the other computer?