Network problems
I setup a home network with 2 computers total. Event though I can verify that each computer is on same network, neither is able to "see" the other. Can u provide me a checklist of what needs to be running as prerequisites for making local area network functional? Right now when I view "View Network computers" link, it just displays that respective computer. No others. One of the computers is running the Routing service, but on the other computer I was not able to start this service. Both are running XP SP2. And before, it was showing a broken link for Local Area Network even though they are connected. Also, I have mapped one of the drives on one of these computers and even configured Sharing and Web Sharing for this same folder. But I am still not able to see this drive or any other data on this computer from the other computer.
March 15th, 2010 6:14pm

Network TCP/IPPC1 = 192.168.1.1PC2 = 192.168.1.2If your are sharing internet connection through router enter defaut gateway Router Ip addressyour workgroup should be same for both computers.Amolkumar Supe
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March 15th, 2010 8:57pm

Hi Amol, Here is what I have from ipconfig command via command line on my first computer: IP Address: 192.168.0.1 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.2.1 And second computer: IP Address: 192.168.0.2 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.2.1 Both are on same workgroup. Verified by viewing Computer properties for each one. Now both are showing as connected to LAN. However, when I view My Network Places on either computer, it does not see the other. And although I mapped a network drive for one computer from the other, I see this network drive listed under My Network Places, but when I try to double click on it, it shows an error popup: \\D610-M is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not found. How do I connect the two?
March 15th, 2010 9:52pm

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March 16th, 2010 8:03am

OK, I see it now. Thanks!
March 16th, 2010 6:52pm

Ryan,Couple of things:1. First, I don't know how you have configured your router/gateway, but 192.168.2.1 isn't going to do the trick for you in this case. 192.168.0.something would, but that's just to route both computers to the internet (provided that's also something you want to do).2. If it's telling you that access is denied for the shre, odds are you need to set up local users on both computers, as they're being set up as a workgroup. So, make sure that you add the SAME username and SAME password on both computers.You should be good to go after that.Cheers! MCSE - www.nextstepnetworks.com
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March 17th, 2010 12:14am

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Pocho, I changed Router IP Address to 192.168.0.1 now. However, for my Belkin router login (http://192.168.0.1) window, at the top it says "Internet Status = Connected". But my LAN connection is status = Limited or Not Connected, Firewalled, on the computer connected to the router even though the LAN is physically connected to the other computer. How do I configure my Firewalls so that I can view the other computer? And both computers have same passwords now. Yes, I want to route both computers to the internet. I setup both these computer accounts to be setup as a workgroup with same username and password (Administrator). However, when I tried to create a user account named Administrator on the router-connected computer, it said it could not do this because there was an existing account. I think this is referring to "ironryan77" which is the computer administrator account. I am almost there--how do I fix this? Thanks!
March 17th, 2010 7:11pm

Ryan,I bet you have either fixed IP settings on the NIC/s of your computer/s. If the Belkin router's set up as DHCP server (gives IP addresses to the computers that request it on the LAN), then you could leave both computers to "Obtain an ip address automatically" (you do that from the TCP/IP settings for each NIC on each computer.Once you do that, you should have good internet connectivity on the computers as well.Another reason why you may see Limited or no connectivity is if the Belkin router is NOT set up as a DHCP server, and so you'd get no ip address on the computers.Just to make sure we're not ____-U-ME-ING, the computer's NICs are connected each with a regular (straightthrow) network cable to the LAN ports of the Belink router, correct? And the internet port on the Belkin's connected to a modem, right?As far as the administrator account, if there's already an administrator account then you will need to change that user's password and should be good to go. Now, thinking more about that, the built-in administrator account is "relatively" hidden to avoid mistakes. So a good alternative would be to create 2 new accounts, one in each computer, call them, say "Admin", and make sure you have the same password for both. Also, make sure you make both accounts members of their respective computer's administrators groups (to make your life easier initially, later you can and should take them out of the administrators group, it's a good IT practice).Hope that helps. Send me a "works!!" quick message, will you? I like to see things successfully finished. Makes me happy (and you too!!).Cheers! MCSE - www.nextstepnetworks.com
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March 18th, 2010 10:29pm

No, for both computers the LAN and Wireless Networks are set to obtain IP and DNS server automatically via TCP/IP properties. And the Belkin is setup as the DHCP server cause when I login to 192.168.0.1, it says DHCP Server enabled.But could catch on the next question. Before, I had the two computers connected to each other and not to the Belkin. Now I rewired this so that each computer is physically connected to the Belkin. Now the LAN's are connected, shared, firewalled! However, the two computers still can not see each other even though they are on the same network. When I enter the ipconfig command for each, I received IP address = 192.168.0.3 for one and IP address = 192.168.0.5 for the other. Both are connected to LAN with DNS Suffix: Daultron. And one of these computers is also connected to Wireless LAN with same DNS Suffix and IP address = 192.168.0.2. Default gateway for all these is same: 192.168.0.1.Also, I pinged each computer:from one computer I pinged the other computer but it timed out. And from the other computer I entered the other computer and it also timed out.Then I pinged Default gateway from each computer and it successfully contacted it. Then I pinged the Wireless network IP from each computer and the only one that worked was the ping from the native computer where the wireless and LAN resided concurrently. And the ping failed from the computer without the wireless LAN to the computer with the LAN. I hope this is not too confusing to you; I have two computers total. One computer has a wireless LAN and a (cabled) LAN. The other just has a cabled LAN. Both computers are connected physically to the Belkin router. Make sense?And yes, the internet port is connected; otherwise I couldn't connect to the internet at all correct? Thanks for the tips and for at least fixing the LAN connection problem. Now I just want these computers to see each other!
March 19th, 2010 1:29am

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