Home network awry

[Mike]

I have a desktop (XP Pro) and a laptop (XP Home). I had
succesfully connected them in a home network and I was
accessing the Internet on the laptop through the desktop
(host). During my vacation I connected the laptop (this
time as a host) to another laptop. Everything went fine.
Upon my return, despite several attempts and several runs
of the Network Wizardon on both machines, there is no way
I can re-establish the connection mentioned above
(desktop-laptop), in terms of file sharing and Internet
connection on the laptop. Everything seems to be messed
up: one computer does not see the other or sometimes it
does but no file sharing can be done.
Detail:
- connection is via a network cable, no hub

Please help, I am at my wits' end.
Thanks,
Mike

 

[Chuck]

I have a desktop (XP Pro) and a laptop (XP Home). I had
succesfully connected them in a home network and I was
accessing the Internet on the laptop through the desktop
(host). During my vacation I connected the laptop (this
time as a host) to another laptop. Everything went fine.
Upon my return, despite several attempts and several runs
of the Network Wizardon on both machines, there is no way
I can re-establish the connection mentioned above
(desktop-laptop), in terms of file sharing and Internet
connection on the laptop. Everything seems to be messed
up: one computer does not see the other or sometimes it
does but no file sharing can be done.
Detail:
- connection is via a network cable, no hub

Please help, I am at my wits' end.
Thanks,
Mike

Mike,

Please start with 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.

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 / exact error displayed in each test (10 tests total).

From each computer, test shares visibility (use actual name / address of each
computer as appropriate):
Start - Run then:
1) \\ThisComputerByName
2) \\ThisComputerByIPAddress
3) \\OtherComputerByName
4) \\OtherComputerByIPAddress
Report visibility of shares / exact error displayed in each test (8 tests
total).

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

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Chuck !
Shall I post a new message with the info or will you be
following this link ?

Mike

 

[Jack]

Hi
May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Chuck]

Thanks, Chuck !
Shall I post a new message with the info or will you be
following this link ?

Mike

Hi Mike,

It's almost always better to post in the same thread. I have a watch filter set
for it. Just don't change the Subject / Title field.

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

 

[Mike]

OK, thanks. I think it won't be easy for me to do all you
asked for, but I'll give it a try. If I need
clarifications I'll let you know.

Mike

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[Guest]

Mike,

Please start with ipconfig information for each

computer.

Desktop (host)

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : desktop

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : CNet
FAST200WL PCI Wake On LAN Fast Ethernet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-08-A1-4E-
17-1E

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . :
169.254.113.114

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

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



PPP adapter Internet ADSL:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

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

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

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

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.48.214.127

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

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 82.48.214.127

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 62.211.69.150

212.48.4.15

Laptop (client)

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : laptop

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440X
10/100

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-1F-0D-
4A-2C

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

IP Address. . . : 192.168.0.2

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

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

From each computer, test connectivity:
1) Ping the other by name.

ping request could not find host laptop
ping request could not find host desktop

2) Ping the other by ip address.

Request timed out. Packets 4, received 0, lost 4
Request timed out. Packets 4, received 0, lost 4

3) Ping itself by name.

self pinging of desktop OK
self pinging of laptop OK

4) Ping itself by ip address.

self pinging of desktop OK
self pinging of laptop OK

5) Ping 127.0.0.1.

pinging OK from desktop
pinging OK from laptop

From each computer, test shares visibility (use actual name / address of each
computer as appropriate):
Start - Run then:
1) \\ThisComputerByName

"The filename, directory name,or volume label syntax is
incorrect". Note that I typed "\\desktop" or "\\laptop".
Is it correct ??

2) \\ThisComputerByIPAddress same as above
3) \\OtherComputerByName same as above
4) \\OtherComputerByIPAddress same as above
Report visibility of shares / exact error displayed in each test (8 tests
total).

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily

a bad thing.