Connecting two computers w/ cross-over cable

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Guest

I'm trying to connect a desktop with WinXP Home and a laptop with WinXP home using a crossover ethernet cable. I tried running the network setup wizards several times but it doesn't work. Can someone please give me instruction on how to solve my problem?
I think I didn't set up some TCP/IP right.. in the DOS command I can't ping each other.
 
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Tim Herglotz

hey,

here you find allot of info about networking:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/getsta
rted/default.mspx

and how to setting up 1.

Greetz,

tim



-----Original Message-----
I'm trying to connect a desktop with WinXP Home and a
laptop with WinXP home using a crossover ethernet cable.
I tried running the network setup wizards several times
but it doesn't work. Can someone please give me
instruction on how to solve my problem?
I think I didn't set up some TCP/IP right.. in the DOS
command I can't ping each other.
 
C

Chuck

I'm trying to connect a desktop with WinXP Home and a laptop with WinXP home using a crossover ethernet cable. I tried running the network setup wizards several times but it doesn't work. Can someone please give me instruction on how to solve my problem?
I think I didn't set up some TCP/IP right.. in the DOS command I can't ping each other.

Jae,

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.

Provide a little detail re "can't ping".

From each computer, test connectivity:
1) Ping the other by name.
2) Ping the other by ip address.
3) Ping itself by name.
4) Ping itself by ip address.
5) Ping 127.0.0.1.
Report success / failure of each test (10 tests total).

Do you have ICF or a third party firewall installed on either computer?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 

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