From: "Madhur Ahuja" Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.windows,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.win95,microsoft.public.win95.networking,fj.os.ms-windows.networking Subject: Re: Problems setting up a two-PC home network - Please help! (#2) Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:05:48 +0530 Lines: 137 Message-ID: <2rfn49F19g0k0U2@uni-berlin.de> References: <2rbl1uF18f1k3U2@uni-berlin.de> X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de kG/4JiRTlRaUI4BorgnTFwoZNFKw2ROzjAB2AN344idiAJHng= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!taurus!newsfeed2.dti.ad.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!oleane.net!oleane!feed.ac-versailles.fr!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.os.ms-windows.networking:34 Serban Andrei Dumitrescu wrote: > Hi all, hello Madhur, > > thank you for your input. I configured everything as you said; here's > the output of ipconfig /all on the two PCs: > > > 1 - on the Win2000 machine: > --------------------------- > > Windows 2000-IP-Konfiguration > > Hostname. . . . . . . . . . . . . : svejk > Primäres DNS-Suffix . . . . . . . : > Knotentyp . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcastadapter > IP-Routing aktiviert. . . . . . . : Ja > WINS-Proxy aktiviert. . . . . . . : Nein > > Ethernetadapter "LAN-Verbindung": > > Beschreibung. . . . . . . . . . . : Sitecom PCI Fast 10/100 > Ethernet Adapter LN-020 > Physikalische Adresse . . . . . . : 00-50-BF-A6-37-56 > DHCP-aktiviert. . . . . . . . . . : Nein > IP-Adresse. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 > Subnetzmaske. . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 > Standardgateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 > DNS-Server. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 Do not set the gateway and DNS server on this machine. Set this on the client machine. This machine is directly connected to the Internet, right?. This machine will get the DNS servers from the DHCP(modem). Set your Win95 PC's default gateway annd DNS servers to 192.168.0.1 > PPP-Adapter "ZEDAT/Mediaways/Andrei": > > Verbindungsspezifisches DNS-Suffix: > Beschreibung. . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface > Physikalische Adresse . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00 > DHCP-aktiviert. . . . . . . . . . : Nein > IP-Adresse. . . . . . . . . . . . : XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX > Subnetzmaske. . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255 > Standardgateway . . . . . . . . . : XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX > DNS-Server. . . . . . . . . . . . : XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX > [I XXX-ed out the actual IPs of my dialup connection; they're > irrelevant, besides, you never know...] > NetBIOS über TCP/IP . . . . . . . : Deaktiviert I dont know this language, but I think its correct. > 2 - on the Win95 machine: > ------------------------- > > Windows 98 IP-Konfiguration > [It says "Windows 98" although it's Win95 because the original Win95 > installation didn't include the ipconfig.exe program; it was installed > later with some update package.] > Hostname . . . . . . . . . : compaq > DNS-Server . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 > Knotentyp . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast > NetBIOS-Bereichs-ID . . . . : > IP-Routing aktiviert. . . . : Nein > WINS-Proxy aktiviert. . . . : Nein > NetBIOS-Auflösung mit DNS . : Ja > > 0 Ethernet Adapter : > > Beschreibung. . . . . . . . : Novell 2000 Adapter. > Physische Adresse . . . . . : 08-00-17-08-DF-A3 > DHCP aktiviert. . . . . . . : Nein > IP-Adresse. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2 > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 > Standard-Gateway . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 > Erster WINS-Server . . . . : > Zweiter WINS-Server . . . : > Gültig seit. . . . . . . : > Gültig bis . . . . . . . : If this is the LAN connection on which you are sharing the Internet, then set the DNS and default gateway as 192.168.0.1. Its already done. > 1 Ethernet Adapter : > > Beschreibung. . . . . . . . : PPP Adapter. > Physische Adresse . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-00-00 > DHCP aktiviert. . . . . . . : Ja > IP-Adresse. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0 > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0 > Standard-Gateway . . . . . . : > DHCP-Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255 > Erster WINS-Server . . . . : > Zweiter WINS-Server . . . : > Gültig seit. . . . . . . : > Gültig bis . . . . . . . : > > > However, pinging between the two computers still doesn't work. All above the above setup won't work if you cannot ping each other machines. > I thought maybe the cable's no good, but some type of electrical > impulses must be getting through since Win2000 senses when there's a > cable connecting the two PCs; unplug either one and Win2000 will > notify you through a small tray symbol. Sometimes, connector can be wrongly connected with wires. > Of course, that doesn't rule out that the cable doesn't work > _properly_... Also I know there's a cable length limit between two > nodes of an Ethernet network; however I believe my 30 m cable doesn't > exceed it. No, its 100 metres > Anything left for me to try? Make sure that you are not running any firewall. The best you can do is try replacing the cable. Also remove the DNS server and default gateway from the Win200 machine. Paste the contents of *route print* here of both machines and let me see if anything is wrong. > Thanks in advance, > > Andrei > > -- Madhur Ahuja [madhurahujayahoocom] Homepage http://madhur.netfirms.com