Jeff, thanks for that. I looked at an earlier thread in
this NG and found a very useful site
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm
lowered the protection level of ZonaAlarm Pro and have
made progress.
Now I click on the Client folder in Win Explorer and get a
password prompt, but I've not yet set a p/w on the very
new Client computer, I'll raise this in a new thread.
Miles
>-----Original Message-----
>set a different IP on each PC 192.168.0.x
>set your subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 on both PC's?
>If you plan on sharing the internet, the gateway PC will
need a second NIC.
>on the second PC set the Gateway to the IP address of the
gateway PC
>
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>> I am trying to follow XPs Help pages to make a
>> LAN/internet setup between just 2 computers at home. It
is
>> very confusing, and I think MS have got some information
>> wrong, or missed some out.
>>
>> 1. They mention network adapters, external and internal,
>> and that the latter sort is installed in a PCI
expansion
>> slot. But no mention of Ethernet adapters built in to
the
>> mobo, which is becoming commonplace these days, is it
not?
>> 2. They say Ethernet adapters must connect through a
hub.
>> But no mention of a 2-computer setup which can surely
form
>> a network with just an RJ-45 ethernet crossover cable,
as
>> I have done?
>>
>> Am I being stupid, or is MS being narrowminded?
>>
>> I have got so far along this damned tortuous setup path
to
>> have succesfully pinged 127.0.0.1, my own ISPIP and my
>> putative client on 192.168.0.2 to convince me that MS
have
>> managed to make their "Help" pages extremely Unhelpful,
>> and strewn several Red Herrings along the way.
>>
>> The next hurdle is to solve the problem that the Client
>> cannot access MSHome and maybe I should contact the
>> administrator (which is me) - a search on Google reveals
>> that this is a fairly common problem - and that the Host
>> manages to recognise the existence of the Client under
My
>> Network Places/Entire Network/MS Windows Network/MShome
>> but refuses to talk to it because maybe it is a
restricted
>> area and only the administrator should permit access (MS
>> KnowledgeBase article on this).
>>
>> One other thing. If you haven't got bored already, can
>> someone please tell me if I'm going wrong here: I've
>> unplugged the modem on the Client because it's pointless
>> to use it if all internet activity is going to be routed
>> through the Host, isn't it? But then MS Knowledge base
>> article 306126 says that on the Client I must open
a "New
>> Connection" "manually" "using a broadband connection
that
>> is always on", yet in consistently unhelpful "Help" they
>> say I can use a Dial-up 56Kbps modem (which is what I
>> have). So which modem do I use to setup the Client?
>>
>> Oh and one more thing: it is so irritating to have
>> followed their instructions apparently succesfully and
>> pinged OK and got the Client recognised but with no
>> communication pssible, to suddenly find that my Network
>> connection suddenly starts dialling. Rubbing salt into
the
>> wound I call it.
>>
>> If anyone there can help a tiny bit with any of these
>> arcane areas I would be very grateful.
>> Miles
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