Help with XP Network

[Brent]

Hi! I am trying to setup a network in my apartment where
I currently have three computers. One wired and two
wireless. All hardware is setup correctly (cable modem
with dynamic ip and a wireless router) however I cannot
get the PC's networked together using the one wired PC as
a server. Or even a peer to peer network or basically
anything easy that can share files and printers. All PC's
have Windows XP Professional SP2.

Anyone have suggestions?

 

[Jack]

Hi
If you are using a Cable/DSL Router your Network should be connected as peer
to peer.
May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Chuck]

Hi! I am trying to setup a network in my apartment where
I currently have three computers. One wired and two
wireless. All hardware is setup correctly (cable modem
with dynamic ip and a wireless router) however I cannot
get the PC's networked together using the one wired PC as
a server. Or even a peer to peer network or basically
anything easy that can share files and printers. All PC's
have Windows XP Professional SP2.

Anyone have suggestions?

Brent,

Please provide details what you mean when saying "I cannot get the PC's
networked together...". They don't connect? Can't see them in Network
Neighborhood? Can't access shares seen in NN? Other?

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

 

[Brent]

-----Original Message-----


Brent,

Please provide details what you mean when saying "I cannot get the PC's
networked together...". They don't connect? Can't see them in Network
Neighborhood? Can't access shares seen in NN? Other?

I think what the problem I am having is the fact that two
PC's are wireless and the server is wired. I went
through and have made sure that the sharing settings are
ok on the server. My network is much like the diagram at
http://www.ezlan.net/~network/router.jpg The router I
use is a LinkSys wireless router, so the cable modem
connects to the wireless router which in turn only
connects to one computer via an ethernet cable, but
connects to two computers via a wireless card. The two
wireless computers are assigned dynamic ip's, but the
wired computer has a static ip address behind the
router.

My wireless computers can see the wired computer, but the
wired computer cannot see the wireless computers and i
cannot access any "shares" either way.

Please let me know if this information sparks anything.

Thanks

 

[Chuck]

I think what the problem I am having is the fact that two
PC's are wireless and the server is wired. I went
through and have made sure that the sharing settings are
ok on the server. My network is much like the diagram at
http://www.ezlan.net/~network/router.jpg The router I
use is a LinkSys wireless router, so the cable modem
connects to the wireless router which in turn only
connects to one computer via an ethernet cable, but
connects to two computers via a wireless card. The two
wireless computers are assigned dynamic ip's, but the
wired computer has a static ip address behind the
router.

My wireless computers can see the wired computer, but the
wired computer cannot see the wireless computers and i
cannot access any "shares" either way.

Please let me know if this information sparks anything.

Brent,

That sounds kind of normal. Mixing wired and wireless connections on the LAN is
what a wireless router should do with no problems.

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.

Has Windows Firewall been configured for file sharing (File and Printer Sharing
exception enabled) on all 3 computers?

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

 

[Brent]

Chuck:

I could only get info for two of the computers, I cannot
get into the other room.

THE INFO FOR THE MAIN COMPUTER/WIRED COMPUTER WHICH RUNS
WIN XP SP2:



Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : demayserver

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ADMtek AN983
10/100 PCI Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-10-DC-E0-
D1-DF

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

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.20

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

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



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

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA311
Fast Ethernet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-CC-75-
38-46


THE INFO FOR ONE OF THE WIRELESS COMPUTERS IS AS FOLLOWS
(IT RUNS WINDOWS XP SP2):



Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BDEMAY

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

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

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

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : attbi.com



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



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

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x
10/100 Integrated Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-1F-24-
9E-08



Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : attbi.com

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R)
PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-11-
DE-4F

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100

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

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 63.240.76.4

204.127.198.4

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday,
October 09, 2004 12:49:31 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday,
October 10, 2004 12:49:31 PM



PPP adapter {AAA6A7D1-0ACC-4231-8F44-2080A72F2A13}:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN
(PPP/SLIP) Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-
00-00

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

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
172.158.140.157

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . :
255.255.255.255

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

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :
205.188.146.146

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Anything seem to jump out at you?

Thanks again!