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The Butler · 18-05-2004, 09:20

First of all I'd like to apologise if a) This is an inappropriate place for this post or b) if this has been covered many times or I should be looking elsewhere, just im not too sure where to look so I thought id give it a go.

Im trying to create a home network between a WinXP and Win98 machine using a Mercury K0B BR4P (I think) router. I can get it all working but so that both computers can see each other and access the internet no problems. However as soon as I turn the machines off and reboot them the WinXP machine loses the NTL BB connection. Win98 machine doesn't though and works fine.

I think the problem may be due to the fact that when I set-up the newtork on XP it creates a new "Bridged" connection combining "1394 Net Adapter" and "NVIDIA nforce MCP Networking Controller" protocols. (The reason I came to this conclusion is that if I tried reinstalling the NTL BB CD with this bridged connection created then it tells me it cannot continue for TCP/IP settings aren't enabled for the adapter and there's nothing I can do to change this for the bridged connection and it's both enabled on the other two adapters.)

The only half solution I've reached is that if I disable the "1394 Net Adapter" when creating the home network WinXP doesn't create an additional "bridged" connection and broadband works fine on both computers. However the home network doesn't and neither computers can see each other.

Is this a known problem with NTL? Any help would be appreciated and if this is posted in the wrong place some advice on where to go for more help would be very helpful.

Cheers guys.

18-05-2004, 09:20	#1
The Butler Inactive Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 17	Home-networking - bridged connections? First of all I'd like to apologise if a) This is an inappropriate place for this post or b) if this has been covered many times or I should be looking elsewhere, just im not too sure where to look so I thought id give it a go. Im trying to create a home network between a WinXP and Win98 machine using a Mercury K0B BR4P (I think) router. I can get it all working but so that both computers can see each other and access the internet no problems. However as soon as I turn the machines off and reboot them the WinXP machine loses the NTL BB connection. Win98 machine doesn't though and works fine. I think the problem may be due to the fact that when I set-up the newtork on XP it creates a new "Bridged" connection combining "1394 Net Adapter" and "NVIDIA nforce MCP Networking Controller" protocols. (The reason I came to this conclusion is that if I tried reinstalling the NTL BB CD with this bridged connection created then it tells me it cannot continue for TCP/IP settings aren't enabled for the adapter and there's nothing I can do to change this for the bridged connection and it's both enabled on the other two adapters.) The only half solution I've reached is that if I disable the "1394 Net Adapter" when creating the home network WinXP doesn't create an additional "bridged" connection and broadband works fine on both computers. However the home network doesn't and neither computers can see each other. Is this a known problem with NTL? Any help would be appreciated and if this is posted in the wrong place some advice on where to go for more help would be very helpful. Cheers guys.