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[OT] network help
Hi Everyone,
I'm posting from Google groups because we finaly decided to hook up the bigger better newer computer ot the internet, and thought it wouldbe a great idea to network them and share the internet (ADSL) conenction. The good news is that they are finally networked (through a crossover Ethernet cable). The bad news is that now only the bigger better newer computer can access the internet - the old one with my *years* of messages, e-mails etc etc, can't. I've gone through the various 'Wizards' in XP and set this one as the host and the old one as the client, but the old one just doens't pick up the internet connection. Any help, hints, or URLs that will put as right would be very appreciated. Yowie |
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[OT] network help
Yowie wrote:
Hi Everyone, I'm posting from Google groups because we finaly decided to hook up the bigger better newer computer ot the internet, and thought it wouldbe a great idea to network them and share the internet (ADSL) conenction. The good news is that they are finally networked (through a crossover Ethernet cable). The bad news is that now only the bigger better newer computer can access the internet - the old one with my *years* of messages, e-mails etc etc, can't. I've gone through the various 'Wizards' in XP and set this one as the host and the old one as the client, but the old one just doens't pick up the internet connection. Any help, hints, or URLs that will put as right would be very appreciated. Yowie We've networked our two computers on a number of occasions, but the back computer can sometimes see the front computer and sometimes not and we can't figure out why. We don't change settings, but, again, sometimes they see each other and sometimes they don't. We've got a wireless connection, and so do quite a lot of neighbors, so I'm assuming that's why - it's looking for other signals instead of the one in the house. Question, are you networking computer to computer or through a router? If you're using a cat 5 cable, I would personally try using a router instead of crossover ethernet through your nic card. I don't think a crossover would work in this situation anyway. Another question, do you have your main computer set up as a gateway to the internet or a shared connection through a router? If I knew more details, I might be able to help you. kili kili |
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[OT] network help
Yowie wrote:
Hi Everyone, I'm posting from Google groups because we finaly decided to hook up the bigger better newer computer ot the internet, and thought it wouldbe a great idea to network them and share the internet (ADSL) conenction. The good news is that they are finally networked (through a crossover Ethernet cable). The bad news is that now only the bigger better newer computer can access the internet - the old one with my *years* of messages, e-mails etc etc, can't. I've gone through the various 'Wizards' in XP and set this one as the host and the old one as the client, but the old one just doens't pick up the internet connection. Any help, hints, or URLs that will put as right would be very appreciated. Yowie What I did was to connect all the computers to an ADSL router, that way no machine relys on another for an internet connection. I also intend to get a printer server so I can print from any computer whether another is on or not. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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[OT] network help
Yowie wrote:
Hi Everyone, I'm posting from Google groups because we finaly decided to hook up the bigger better newer computer ot the internet, and thought it wouldbe a great idea to network them and share the internet (ADSL) conenction. The good news is that they are finally networked (through a crossover Ethernet cable). The bad news is that now only the bigger better newer computer can access the internet - the old one with my *years* of messages, e-mails etc etc, can't. I've gone through the various 'Wizards' in XP and set this one as the host and the old one as the client, but the old one just doens't pick up the internet connection. Any help, hints, or URLs that will put as right would be very appreciated. Yowie If you ADSL router has multiple ports, connect both computers to the LAN side of it with a "straight" (non-crossover) cable. If it doesn't, hie thee to a computer store and get a 4- or 5-port Ethernet switch. Connect the Ethernet switch to the ADSL router, then connect both computers to the switch. Not sure about Australia, but in the US, the ADSL routers the telco supplies have a built-in DHCP server that will give out unique IP addresses to the machines it sees. The switch will let both computers see the ADSL router (and vice versa). As each machine is turned on, it will ask for an IP address. The DHCP server will see that request and supply one that nobody else is using from its address pool. It will also do some magic so that everybody can use the Internet at once without interfering with the other. Hope this helps. Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe |
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[OT] network help
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Yowie wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm posting from Google groups because we finaly decided to hook up the bigger better newer computer ot the internet, and thought it wouldbe a great idea to network them and share the internet (ADSL) conenction. The good news is that they are finally networked (through a crossover Ethernet cable). The bad news is that now only the bigger better newer computer can access the internet - the old one with my *years* of messages, e-mails etc etc, can't. I've gone through the various 'Wizards' in XP and set this one as the host and the old one as the client, but the old one just doens't pick up the internet connection. Any help, hints, or URLs that will put as right would be very appreciated. Yowie If you ADSL router has multiple ports, connect both computers to the LAN side of it with a "straight" (non-crossover) cable. If it doesn't, hie thee to a computer store and get a 4- or 5-port Ethernet switch. Connect the Ethernet switch to the ADSL router, then connect both computers to the switch. Not sure about Australia, but in the US, the ADSL routers the telco supplies have a built-in DHCP server that will give out unique IP addresses to the machines it sees. The switch will let both computers see the ADSL router (and vice versa). As each machine is turned on, it will ask for an IP address. The DHCP server will see that request and supply one that nobody else is using from its address pool. It will also do some magic so that everybody can use the Internet at once without interfering with the other. Hope this helps. Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe I suspect Yowie has a USB ADSL modem, a combined modem/router would be much easier to use once all the log-on details are stored in the router. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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[OT] network help
Adrian A wrote:
sam wrote: Yowie wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm posting from Google groups because we finaly decided to hook up the bigger better newer computer ot the internet, and thought it wouldbe a great idea to network them and share the internet (ADSL) conenction. The good news is that they are finally networked (through a crossover Ethernet cable). The bad news is that now only the bigger better newer computer can access the internet - the old one with my *years* of messages, e-mails etc etc, can't. I've gone through the various 'Wizards' in XP and set this one as the host and the old one as the client, but the old one just doens't pick up the internet connection. Any help, hints, or URLs that will put as right would be very appreciated. Yowie If you ADSL router has multiple ports, connect both computers to the LAN side of it with a "straight" (non-crossover) cable. If it doesn't, hie thee to a computer store and get a 4- or 5-port Ethernet switch. Connect the Ethernet switch to the ADSL router, then connect both computers to the switch. Not sure about Australia, but in the US, the ADSL routers the telco supplies have a built-in DHCP server that will give out unique IP addresses to the machines it sees. The switch will let both computers see the ADSL router (and vice versa). As each machine is turned on, it will ask for an IP address. The DHCP server will see that request and supply one that nobody else is using from its address pool. It will also do some magic so that everybody can use the Internet at once without interfering with the other. Hope this helps. Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe I suspect Yowie has a USB ADSL modem, a combined modem/router would be much easier to use once all the log-on details are stored in the router. In the US, all the DSL modems I've seen have at least a single Ethernet built in (some have a 4-port 10/100 switch) in addition to the USB. If she'll send me the modem brand/model number, I'll look up the documentation on the web and can tell her exactly what she needs. Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe |
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