Just got a new computer for home and also have a laptop, want to set up a local network between the two .... can someone help me out here are the details Both computers have network cards New computer is running XP Laptop running Win 2000 Have a Xover cable connecting the two computers Ran the setup program on XP to setup local network and made a boot disk for the other computer but that doesn't run on 2000 Help
Check the workgroup names on both machines. Make sure they are the same. also check with ipconfig /all at the command prompt to ensure that both ip addresses are configured similiarly..ie..192.168.0.x or somethiing similiar..as long as the first three octets are the same...(the first three sets of numbers) first things to check...hard to go past that yet...
changed my workgroup on the laptop to match the new computer and now i can't log in to my laptop all ..............BUGGER
Smeg, read this thread: http://bbs.clutchcity.net/php3/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26634&highlight=network Get yourself a router and follow directions.
Smeg - I have mine own half assed network. I have a desktop Win XP Pro machine with 2 nics in it. One nic goes to the cable modem, the other nic to a 4 port hub. Then I setup Internet connection sharing on the desktop with 2 nics and now I can plug anything into the hub and it gets a NAT'ed IP. It's cool. Not too good at transferring between PC's (lots of packet collisions) because of the crappy hub, but it browses like a champ. Cheap/Easy.
