xp networking

[Guest]

ok for a lil while now i've been trying to do this networking thing with no
luck
i know quite the bit about computers

but it seems like everytime i get the network going it just up an dies
so i was just wondering if there was any prefered software out there besides
the xp one.?

 

[Chuck]

ok for a lil while now i've been trying to do this networking thing with no
luck
i know quite the bit about computers

but it seems like everytime i get the network going it just up an dies
so i was just wondering if there was any prefered software out there besides
the xp one.?

Carl,

You could do Linux, or Macintosh. But you won't find a lot of peer support for
either in this forum.

OTOH, if you want to fix your problem, why not tell us more about what problem
you're seeing, and when it happens? Try and describe your LAN too - how many
computers, how are they connected, etc.

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[Guest]

ok i'll try again,

ok i have two xp pro computers i'm connecting through a simple crossover
network
I had the network up for a month or so when all of a sudden it died
i can ping an net view from the host (server) computer but the client
cannot ping or net view the host

now today i decided to format the client (thinking this would help) since
the client is my kids computer. After that it wouldn't even install a network
so i got another cable an still no go

you can see my other post i put on here a couple days ago.I got all the same
links but really no resolve (but i do appericiate those who tried)

 

[Guest]

So Carl for a month everything was working fine and you were happy.
llofasudden and instantaneously it doesn't work.

Your first thought was that Windows was totally screwed and so you performed
a reinstallation - if that's what is meant by 'reformat'.

It wouldn't complete the network setup wizard, so you bought a new crossover
cable [I hope] and still it doesn't work. Now you're convinced that it's a
Windows problem and you'll get anything else if it works....well can you be
sure that anyhting else will work? NO and NO.

So we have to believe that XP is OK and to check the following - bearing in
mind now that you have reinstalled XP on the kids computer:-
1. Is the Network Adapter working - look at device manager and see if there
is a Network Adapter {NIC} - if not the installation phase could not identify
an adapter. This means that it could be dead. To check:-
2. Look at the NIC on each machine when they are powered up and see if the
indicator lights are on. If not it could be that the card may be dead [be
pretty sure it is if it also doesn't show up in Device Manager].
3. Unplug [if possible, sometimes there are built into the motherboard] the
NIC from the machine that you haven't reinstalled XP, go to the kid's machine
and change the existing NIC in the kid's machine with the one you just
unplugged.
4. Boot up the kids' PC and see if it starts the 'Found New Hardware
Wizard'. If so, then complete the process and you have nailed the problem for
this PC.
5. Take the NIC that we now think isn't working and put it into the other
computer.
6. Boot up the PC and see if it starts the 'Found New Hardware Wizard'. If
so, then complete the process and you have solved the problem altogether and
your network should run again - these things sometimes happen.
7. If it isn't identified during the startup process then it's off to
Circuit City, Dixons or whatever is a convienient store in your part of the
world and get hold of a new NIC. It should only cost US $10-15 at the very
most.

 

[DLink Guru]

Actually you were looking at it a little backwards. If you could access the
client computer from the host but could not connect to the host via the
client, the problem more then likely is in the setup of the host computer,
not the clients. so the reinstallation on the client would probably do no
good.

Since you can access the client it is doing what its suppose to do, the Host
is the clog in the network. Are you running a firewall program on your host?
If yes try disableing it or setup an exception for your clients IP Address
to allow access.

Hope that clears up a few things in the way you should think about the
problem.

Robert....

 

[Guest]

ok so if i can see the client from the host but not vice versa then the host
is at fault not the client?

sounds illogical enough for xp..lol

 

[DLink Guru]

That is true, the client is allowing the host to access its files..>Client
working..
The Host is not letting the client access its files..>Host not working.

You either dont have SFS enabled on the host or the firewall needs to be
configured to allow trusted computers to access it.

Are you running SP2 firewall or a third parties. Just FYI, sometimes
disabling a third party firewall is not enough. Sometimes you have to
uninstall it and reinstall it. WHY???? Cant tell you, it just is..

Robert....

 

[Guest]

ok man do i feel unintelligent writing this one but hopefully someone learns
from it

my antivirus is trend micro's pc-cillin i've never enabled it'a
firewall.Always ran xp's,
well i guess an update must have enabled it or something cuz it was on all
this time.

(hangs my head)....duh.!

thanks for all your help though expecially Dlink Guru ( who actually made
sense).

 

[DLink Guru]

Glad your up and running again....