I am trying to set up a network at home and the host computer is auto
private addressing the IP addresses. I am using a HUB made by Hewlett
Packard. I am connecting the high speed modem directly to the HUB with
CAT 5 cable and then connecting both machines to HUB. The machine with
2 NIC's (host) can't access the internet and neither can see each
other. Any suggestions would be helpful.

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:49:13 -0800 (PST), (E-Mail Removed)
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>I am trying to set up a network at home and the host computer is auto
>private addressing the IP addresses. I am using a HUB made by Hewlett
>Packard. I am connecting the high speed modem directly to the HUB with
>CAT 5 cable and then connecting both machines to HUB. The machine with
>2 NIC's (host) can't access the internet and neither can see each
>other. Any suggestions would be helpful.

A hub can't share an Internet connection between two computers.
Replace the hub with a home broadband router.

Connect the high speed modem to the router's WAN (Internet) port, and
connect the computers to the router's LAN ports.

The router will get a public IP address from the high speed modem, and
the router will assign compatible private IP addresses to the two
computers.
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:49:13 -0800 (PST), (E-Mail Removed)
wrote:
>I am trying to set up a network at home and the host computer is auto
>private addressing the IP addresses. I am using a HUB made by Hewlett
>Packard. I am connecting the high speed modem directly to the HUB with
>CAT 5 cable and then connecting both machines to HUB. The machine with
>2 NIC's (host) can't access the internet and neither can see each
>other. Any suggestions would be helpful.

In my first reply, I suggested replacing the hub with a home broadband
router. Here's another possible solution that will work with the hub.

Connect the high speed modem to the host's first NIC. Connect the
host's second NIC and the second computer to the hub.

Enable Internet Connection Sharing on the local area network
connection for the host's first NIC.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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