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Old 24-04-2007, 09:51   #8
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Re: trying to link two pcs together

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Originally Posted by Xaccers View Post
Except they're XP so as long as the NICs are set to assign an IP address automatically, if a DHCP server isn't contactable, they'll assign their own IP addresses (169.x.x.x)

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Go to the advanced tab in the windows firewall (even if you've got it turned off, as it lies) and you'll see a list of network connections to apply the firewall to.
Make sure your local area connection on both machines is unticked.
I have done this but now it is saying that I cannot access the workgroup on the one pc so I cannot even see the pcs and on the other pc I see the two pcs on the workgroup but I cannot connect.
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