IP address problem

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I am trying to network 2 computers together. I have done it before, but
recently I had to reinstall wiindows xp home edition on one of my computers.
Now the network wont work. When I right click on Local Area Connection in
click properties, and click on the support tab it says: IP Address
<UNAVAILABLE>
Subnet MAsk <UNAVAILABLE
And everything else is unavailable also. I have it set up
to obtain IP Address automatically, but it doesn't work when I do It manually
either. If I right click on Local area connection and click repair, it says:
Failed to query TCP/IP settings. Cannot proceed.
My little brother once tried to open a game and he cilck on multiplayer and
it said my IP Address was 127.0.0.1 But it only says it in games. Any help
would be appreicated.
My email is (e-mail address removed) or you can just reply to this message, but
email is preferred. Thanks.
 
[email protected] said:
I am trying to network 2 computers together. I have done it before, but
recently I had to reinstall wiindows xp home edition on one of my
computers.
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Did you run the Network Setup Wizard after you reinstalled XP?
Now the network wont work. When I right click on Local Area Connection in
click properties, and click on the support tab it says: IP Address
<UNAVAILABLE>
Subnet MAsk <UNAVAILABLE
And everything else is unavailable also. I have it set
up
to obtain IP Address automatically, but it doesn't work when I do It
manually
either. If I right click on Local area connection and click repair, it
says:
Failed to query TCP/IP settings. Cannot proceed. Bad or no network setup.
My little brother once tried to open a game and he cilck on multiplayer
and
it said my IP Address was 127.0.0.1 But it only says it in games. Any
help
would be appreicated.
My email is (e-mail address removed) or you can just reply to this message, but
email is preferred. Thanks.
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Well, at least the hosts file is OK. 127.0.0.1 is the IP address of the
local host computer. In fact, it is the IP address for every computer which
is connected to the internet.
If the other computer is working correctly, then execute the Network Setup
Wizard on it; don't change anything. Eventually, you will get the
opportunity to create a disk which has the settings on it.
Take this disk over to the miscreant computer, and execute the file which
the disk has (Network Setup Wizard gives instructions). This process
insures that the two computers have a consistent setup; otherwise,
networking is sure to fail.
Jim
 
Yes I ran setwork setup several times after reinstalling xp. The computer
that has the ip 127.0.0.1 that only shows in games isn't even connected to
the internet. Neither computer that I am networking has a floppy drive, but
will a flashdrive work?
 
I ran the network setup on the computer that works and used a flashdrive to
save the network info on. I ran it on the other computer and rebooted both.
I can't even tell a difference. Everythings seems the same as before. The
problem stil exists.

Averatec Laptop
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Amd Athlon Processor
512 Mb of RAM

That is the computer that seems to be working correctly.
This is the one that doesn't seem to work:

Custom-made Shuttle XPC
Windows XP OEM Home Edition
Amd Athlon Processot
512 Mb of RAM

The weird thing is. One the good computer it has an icon in the corner that
says it is connected at 100 somethings per second. And the BAd one says 400
somethings per second. Apparently they are both connected to the network,
but neither computer but you cant do anything. There is no other computer
that shows up in My Network Places, and I tried running a game and had tried
hosting with both computers. It just syas 'finding sessions' and it never
shows the session, but it is clearly opened on the other computer.
 
[email protected] said:
I ran the network setup on the computer that works and used a flashdrive to
save the network info on. I ran it on the other computer and rebooted
both.
I can't even tell a difference. Everythings seems the same as before. The
problem stil exists.
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Did you execute the program that is on the flashdrive? Just rebooting will
not do that.
Jim
 
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