laptop & pc network path not found

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I have been trying to network laptop and pc. Used the wizard but "path not
found errors. Ping to other has host unreachable. Have tried manually setting
IP and subnet. Have read previous posts but struggling to get there. Any help
gratefully appreciated.
 
I have been trying to network laptop and pc. Used the wizard but "path not
found errors. Ping to other has host unreachable. Have tried manually setting
IP and subnet. Have read previous posts but struggling to get there. Any help
gratefully appreciated.
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Bobby,

How are the two computers connected? What operating system is each running
(name, version, SP level)?

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer to start.
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.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Should have added this for any one who's reading:

FOR THE PC

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : homedesk
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-FC-A9-90-90
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter BTopenworld Broadband:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 81.154.191.121
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 81.154.191.121
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.74.65.86
194.72.9.44

ROUTE
===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 50 fc a9 90 90 ...... Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
- Packet Scheduler Miniport
0x20004 ...00 53 45 00 00 00 ...... WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 81.154.191.121 81.154.191.121 1
81.154.191.121 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 50
81.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 81.154.191.121 81.154.191.121 50
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 20
192.168.0.1 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 20
213.120.185.176 255.255.255.255 81.154.191.121 81.154.191.121 1
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 20
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 81.154.191.121 81.154.191.121 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 81.154.191.121 81.154.191.121 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 1
Default Gateway: 81.154.191.121
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None


FOR THE LAPTOP:

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 . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
Ethe
rnet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-F5-21-B1-E3
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

ROUTE:

===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 90 f5 21 b1 e3 ...... Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
- Packet Scheduler Miniport
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.2 20
192.168.1.2 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.2 20
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.2 20
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.2 1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
 
Hi Chuck I had just posted the ip stuff when i seen your reply

both running XP home edition on SP2

Windows firewall and Sygate Pers Firewall enabled on both (I have set up
custom rules based on the ip and subnets i put in.

Thank you v much for replying so soon.
 
Sorry for being so disjointed:

connected with pci network cards and utp cable
 
Hi Chuck I had just posted the ip stuff when i seen your reply

both running XP home edition on SP2

Windows firewall and Sygate Pers Firewall enabled on both (I have set up
custom rules based on the ip and subnets i put in.

Thank you v much for replying so soon.
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Bobby,

Using both WF and SPF is asking for trouble. Work on one at a time, and disable
the other. If you're having trouble pinging each computer from the other (are
you pinging by ip address or name?), that's where I would start anyway.

With WF, just enable the File and Printer Sharing exception, and set the scope
to your subnet. I have no experience with SPF, though if you RTM, you should be
able to get thru it.

Nothing in the ipconfigs or static routes is obvious. However, once you get
connectivity, and file sharing, working, you should enable DHCP on Laptop, to
get gateway and DNS, so you'll have internet service.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Hey Bobby - why do you have DHCP not enabled? Also, it looks like you have
different subnet masks.
 
Tried it with wf only then spf only but no joy, ping with ip is either
unreachable or times out and names are coming up host not found.

I'll try again tomorrow (why do pc probs always keep you up to wee small
hours!)

Thanks again for your time and help chuck, greatly appreciated.

bobby
 
"Carey Holzman" said:
www.careyholzman.com/nefixes.htm

Tip #1

Carey
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Bobby, if you look at the web site that Carey gave, you'll find that
you can't follow Tip #1. With a single exception, the settings
described in Tip #1 don't exist in Windows XP. For details:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

What's more, following that tip wouldn't help, because it has nothing
to do with the problem that you describe.

The "host unreachable" message when pinging another computer indicates
a problem with IP addresses or a problem with the TCP/IP route table
on the computer that's doing the pinging. It means that the computer
doesn't know how to send data to the IP address of the other computer.

Make sure that both computers have IP addresses in the same subnet:

1. If your network has a broadband router, configure both computers to
obtain an IP address automatically. To do that with the Network Setup
Wizard, tell it that the computers connect to the Internet through a
residential gateway.

2. If there's no DHCP server on the network, assign IP addresses
manually. Typical assignments for a home network are:

Computer 1: IP Address 192.168.0.1, subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Computer 2: IP Address 192.168.0.2, subnet mask 255.255.255.0
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
I notice that the PC has mask of 255.255.0.0 and the laptop has
255.255.255.0. I think things might move along better if they had the
same mask (255.255.255.0). Once that is done, make sure the pc and the
laptop to the same subnet (i.e. both be on 192.168.0.x or
192.169.1.x).

Just curious how these numbers were assigned?
 
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