Direct cable network issue.

[Grey]

I have a PC and Laptop connected together via an ethernet crossover cable
and able to share drives with each other. With both running XP Pro Sp1, I
notice that when I connect the two, there is a considerable time delay for
the connection to be active (about 45 secs) As the PC also has broadband
connection, I assume this delay is where the PC allocates an IP for the
Laptop. Is there a way to make the connection faster?

Graham

 

[Grey]

I have a PC and Laptop connected together via an ethernet crossover cable
and able to share drives with each other. With both running XP Pro Sp1, I
notice that when I connect the two, there is a considerable time delay for
the connection to be active (about 45 secs) As the PC also has broadband
connection, I assume this delay is where the PC allocates an IP for the
Laptop. Is there a way to make the connection faster?

Graham

As an additional question, if I have a shared drive on my laptop, is there
anyway I can make it appear as another partition on My Computer, so I can
run my virus checker to sweep my laptop' s drive?

Graham

 

[Malke]

As an additional question, if I have a shared drive on my laptop, is
there anyway I can make it appear as another partition on My Computer,
so I can run my virus checker to sweep my laptop' s drive?

Graham

You need to assign static IP addresses to each computer for ICS to work.
The delay is probably caused by the computer trying to find a DHCP
server to get an IP address and timing out.

You can map the drive if you like, but really you should have separate
av on both computers and just let each program scan its home computer.

Malke

 

[Grey]

You need to assign static IP addresses to each computer for ICS to work.
The delay is probably caused by the computer trying to find a DHCP
server to get an IP address and timing out.

You can map the drive if you like, but really you should have separate
av on both computers and just let each program scan its home computer.

I guess it was something to do with DHCP, but how do I actually do this?

Graham

 

[Richard Urban]

Even companies that have thousands of computers networked will have
antivirus on "every" computer in the network. You want it also.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Grey]

Even companies that have thousands of computers networked will have
antivirus on "every" computer in the network. You want it also.

I appreciate that, I just thought it might make life a little easier having
it on one computer instead of two. However, that's really a minor point with
me, I would like to overcome this time-lag when I connect the two together,

Graham

 

[Malke]

I appreciate that, I just thought it might make life a little easier
having it on one computer instead of two. However, that's really a
minor point with me, I would like to overcome this time-lag when I
connect the two together,

Graham

Information about ICS at these links:

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics - ICS
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/clientwiz.htm - XP
ICS - Client Setup Using the Network Setup Wizard
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/ics/ics_win2k_install_dup.htm
- ICS for Win2000 - DialUp WAN Connection
http://www.ezlan.net/direct.html - Peer-to-peer (crossover)

Malke