Chuck said:
Dan,
I'm looking at your IPConfig listings, and I'm wondering which problem are you
reporting?
I don't see any Firewire devices on either computer.
What I do see is Main-Computer and Laptop apparently getting DHCP settings from
a third computer (wireless router?), and with Main-Computer additionally
connected to the internet thru a PPP (dialup / PPPoE?) connection.
Laptop appears to have 2 connections - the wireless connection appears to be
active, and the wired connection is disconnected.
So, now my questions:
1) Do you have working internet service on both Main and Laptop?
2) If you connect Laptop by Ethernet cable to the router, can you ping Main to
Laptop, and Laptop to Main (by address)?
3) Why is there no Firewire devices listed?
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My apologies, long day. Forgot to connect the firewire when I ran ipconfig.
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Main-Computer
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Home Network:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-80-4D-B4-8C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : October 26, 2004 8:51:42 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : November 2, 2004 8:51:42 PM
PPP adapter {94067D11-68A4-4C3C-BA8D-E6F672413B6A}:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.140.152.235
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.140.152.235
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 205.188.146.146
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Other adapter 1394 Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : sympatico.ca
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 1394 Net Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 22-84-69-EB-FD-9E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.66.187
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : LAPTOP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-39-7F-D2
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : October 26, 2004 9:00:44 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : November 2, 2004 9:00:44 PM
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 C+ Fast Ethernet
NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-B0-04-70-1D
Other adapter 1394 Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 1394 Net Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 22-AA-6F-22-95-66
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.215.152
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
The Main-Computer is wired to a Comtex DSL/router and the Laptop is
connected via a wireless connection to the same router. The Main-Computer
does have a dial-up that is not used.
1) Both computers do have a working internet service. (But I can not set up
a home network - neither computer recognizes the other machine after running
Network Wizard - they do not show up in My Network Places) - to be discussed
later in another posting.
2) Even with the Ethernet connection I can not ping the opposite computer.
3) Explained above.
Thanks for all the assistance. Very much appreciated.
Dan