Help Setting Up Home Network In Win 200 Pro

[Guest]

A friend has 2 win 2000 pro machines with a broadband connection and small
home network connected through a broadband router. This was set up by the guy
who supplied the machines a couple of years ago (He has since gone out of
business) One of the machines recently required reformatting and re
installing windows and I am currently trying to re set up the network and
failing miserably! (I cannot even get an internet connection on the re
formatted machine)
I have read lots of posts here and have got totally confused. Can anybody
give me a step by step idiots guide to getting the network, internet
connection and printer sharing up and running again.
Thanks in advance
Rob

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

A friend has 2 win 2000 pro machines with a broadband connection and small
home network connected through a broadband router. This was set up by the guy
who supplied the machines a couple of years ago (He has since gone out of
business) One of the machines recently required reformatting and re
installing windows and I am currently trying to re set up the network and
failing miserably! (I cannot even get an internet connection on the re
formatted machine)
I have read lots of posts here and have got totally confused. Can anybody
give me a step by step idiots guide to getting the network, internet
connection and printer sharing up and running again.
Thanks in advance
Rob

A good starting point is to do this on the machine that works:
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type these commands:
ipconfig /all > c:\ipconfig.txt {Enter}
notepad c:\ipconfig.txt {Enter}

Now paste the text into your reply.

 

[Guest]

Configure the pcs nic tcp/ip for "optain ip assignment automatically"
save settings and reboot

Do a ipconfig on both machines. Do they both have the same gateway address?
Next step is to successfully ping between the pcs. So ping [pc1] from pc2
and visa-versa.
After that install file and print services [networking applet]
create the same account names and passwords as exists on pc1 on the
reformatted pc.
Both pcs should be members of the same workgroup
Share something on the reformatted pc

 

[Guest]

Hi
As requested:

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : adrian-pc01
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810X Family PCI Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-ED-50-B0-C6
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 80.58.0.33
80.58.32.97

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Fine. Now go to the problem PC and click
Start / Settings / Control Panel / Network Connections /
Local Area Connection / Properties / Internet Protocol.
Now set your various parameters like so:

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 80.58.0.33
80.58.32.97

Your connection should now work OK. As you see,
it's no great mystery!

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply

I have done as you suggested but still have no internet connection. I have
double checked all the numbers are correct. Any ideas?

Rob

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

You now need to do some trouble-shooting.

1. Make sure that the PC has no software firewall,
e.g. ZoneAlarm. If it has one, uninstall it. You can
re-install it later on.

2. Start a Command Prompt (Start / Run / cmd {OK}).

3. Type this command:
ipconfig /all
Check that the following values are correct:
IP address 192.168.0.2
Default Gateway 192.168.0.254

4. Type this command:
ping 192.168.0.254
What do you get?

You should also consider the possibility that your
network cable is flawed, or that the router port it
uses is defective. Switch things around to find out!

 

[Guest]

Many thanks for your help. It was the firewall!!!!

Does this now mean that the second machine will be able to use the printer
as before or do I need to set that up seperately?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

When you have network connectivity then you can share
all resources for which the hosting machine gives you
permission, including printers.