No network registered after wizard

[Paul]

Hi,

i have two computers connected by an ethernet cable and
have run the network wizard on the one with the internet,
made a setup disk, run it on the other computer, made
numerous restarts on both machines, run the wizard several
more times on both using different settings and i still
have no recognition between the two machines.

what do i need to do ??? i've followed all the prompts so
that my computers say the network is successfully set up
but there's no network.


HELP

Paul

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

"i have two computers connected by an ethernet cable"

If this means that you are not using a switch or a hub, then you must use a
special crossover cable. A standard ethernet cable will not work.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, CP+I, MVP

 

[Paul]

It must be a cross-over cable... some of my computer
terminology is not quite up-to-date.

I say it must be because I've had these two machines
linked up before, after much difficulty and trial and
error it started to connect somehow. Since then though,
I've had to put a new hardrive in one computer, and so am
trying to get it to start connecting again.

Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


-Paul

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

It must be a cross-over cable... some of my computer
terminology is not quite up-to-date.

I say it must be because I've had these two machines
linked up before, after much difficulty and trial and
error it started to connect somehow. Since then though,
I've had to put a new hardrive in one computer, and so am
trying to get it to start connecting again.

Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Paul,

please use http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm.

Hans-Georg

 

[Guest]

Sounds like you need a hub or a crossover cable.
See:
http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-ethernet-crossover.asp

 

[Paul]

oh, i forgot to mention that i'm a complete idiot with
regards to getting the networking to work after following
the windows network setup instructions from the wizard.
(ie. i don't know what half of the references to 172.16 or
ping or stuff like that are)

is there any hope?

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

oh, i forgot to mention that i'm a complete idiot with
regards to getting the networking to work after following
the windows network setup instructions from the wizard.
(ie. i don't know what half of the references to 172.16 or
ping or stuff like that are)

is there any hope?

Paul,

not much. -) I think you have to ask a friend or you have to
learn. I see no other way.

Computers are complex and partly difficult to understand these
days. I wish it weren't so, but I cannot change things. I can
only try to help.

Hans-Georg