aquiring IP address

[Guest]

I had a two computer network at home a laptop and a desktop and it was
working and still working perfect.coupl days ago i perchased a new desktopand
tried to connect it to host instead of the laptop but everytime i do i get
this message: aquiring a network address and after that i get a network cable
is unplugged.but still when i switch to the laptop it work just fine. any
suggestion and help is appreciated thanks in advance. Yas

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I had a two computer network at home a laptop and a desktop and it was
working and still working perfect.coupl days ago i perchased a new
desktopand
tried to connect it to host instead of the laptop but everytime i do i get
this message: aquiring a network address and after that i get a network
cable
is unplugged.but still when i switch to the laptop it work just fine. any
suggestion and help is appreciated thanks in advance. Yas

Your post is a little light on detail. Where is the DHCP server on your
network? Are you using ICS? A hub/switch?

You might check out
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/networking/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/

 

[Guest]

thanks for the site it was a god one.i had to check eveything again and again
on my network and when i changed the network cable everything seems to wrk
perfect .thanks again and keep up the good work

Your post is a little light on detail. Where is the DHCP server on your

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

thanks for the site it was a god one.i had to check eveything again and
again
on my network and when i changed the network cable everything seems to wrk
perfect .thanks again and keep up the good work

Glad to help, and thanks for posting back to let us know you got the problem
resolved. It's nice when it's something simple, isn't it!