Having to constantly reuse Network Setup Wizard

[Guest]

Hi. When my girlfriend visits my home and brings her laptop, I connect it to my own computer using an ethernet crossover cable. However, the computers fail to recognise each other unless the network setup wizard is used.

That may sound obvious, but it gets rather annoying when the network setup wizard has to be used on both computers every time the computers connect, even though the network settings have not been changed. We evenhave to run the wizard when one of the computers reboots.

Is there any particular reason why we need to run the wizard every single time after the computers boot up? Is there any way that the settings can be made permanent and the computers instantly recognise each other? Thanks.

 

[Chuck]

Hi. When my girlfriend visits my home and brings her laptop, I connect it to my own computer using an ethernet crossover cable. However, the computers fail to recognise each other unless the network setup wizard is used.

That may sound obvious, but it gets rather annoying when the network setup wizard has to be used on both computers every time the computers connect, even though the network settings have not been changed. We evenhave to run the wizard when one of the computers reboots.

Is there any particular reason why we need to run the wizard every single time after the computers boot up? Is there any way that the settings can be made permanent and the computers instantly recognise each other? Thanks.

Doddy,

You should not have to rerun the Network Setup Wizard more than once on any
computer.

Fortunately, the settings made by the NSW are not terribly complex. It should
be possible to figure out what setting is being changed (or not), with a little
analysis. Once we know what setting is being lost, we can figure out how to
recover it.

Please record ipconfig settings 4 times - once for each computer when
successfully connected, and once for each when not successfully connected
(before running NSW). Use this procedure:
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.

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

 

[Guest]

Okay, here are the four files. REI is the main computer which connects to the internet, while KALKI is my girlfriend's laptop.

#########################
REI DISCONNECTED
Windows XP Home Edition, version 2002, Service Pack 1.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Rei

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-CA-60-B2-E9

#########################
REI CONNECTED
Windows XP Home Edition, version 2002, Service Pack 1.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Rei

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-CA-60-B2-E9

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

#########################
KALKI DISCONNECTED
Windows XP Home Edition, version 2002, Service Pack 1.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : KALKI

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wired:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Compatable Fast Ethernet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-D0-2E-41-62

#########################
KALKI CONNECTED
Windows XP Home Edition, version 2002, Service Pack 1.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : KALKI

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wired:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Compatable Fast Ethernet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-D0-2E-41-62

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.79

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 01 August 2004 17:24:52

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 08 August 2004 17:24:52

#########################


Hope that helps you.

 

[DoddyUK]

Okay, problem solved now. I just needed to manually
configure the IP address of the network adaptor. Thanks
anyway.