Setting up Home Network in XP

Womble · 15-03-2004, 16:49

Hi, wonder if you can help.
I have been setting up a network to allow my 2 PC's to "talk" via my router. I have been using the feature within XP home. My question is not how to do it but how do you delete the settings if you have made a mistake as I have. I started to set it up up as if it was thru a hub, but Linksys recommend you set it up as a Residential Gateway. Also the 2nd PC has an old network set-up on it already.

Thanks for any help in advance

1st PC= P4 2.4 XP Home SP1
2nd PC=P3 550 XP Home SP1
Router= Linksys BEFSR41 4 Port

Stuartbe · 15-03-2004, 22:50

As long as both pc's are on the same workgroup, you have no firewall on the computers blocking trafic and you have both the computers in the same subnet then you should be o.k.

Is xp asking for user details when you browse to a share or are you unable to get that far ?

erol · 15-03-2004, 23:43

hmm looks awfuly familure

http://www.chetnet.co.uk/portal/foru...b56091ee#17253

Womble · 16-03-2004, 14:37

Aye, its the same post. Never put your eggs in one basket

erol · 16-03-2004, 14:45

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Originally Posted by Womble

Aye, its the same post. Never put your eggs in one basket

So were the answers in either place any use? Do you still have your problem or is it all sorted now ?

Womble · 16-03-2004, 16:14

No, still cant get them to communicate. Cant work out if its the firewall or the router causing me grief

SMHarman · 16-03-2004, 16:18

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Originally Posted by Womble

No, still cant get them to communicate. Cant work out if its the firewall or the router causing me grief

Start by turning off the firewalls. That way you can rule them out. Once its working you can turn them back on and establish if they cause a problem / need some permissions tweaked.

As there is a router involved, you may not need them anyway.

erol · 16-03-2004, 18:38

Also try to ping one machine from the other

snodvan · 16-03-2004, 20:02

My 2 PCs used to "talk" when they were connected by cable and used ICS. Now I have a Belkin router through which each PC links to the ntl cable - net and I have 'lost' the ability to move files from one machine to the other. The router also has a wireless link to a laptop PC. Each machine works super to the Net (thanks to Stuartbe) but I do miss that machine to machine link.

I temporarily turned off the firewall on each PC on a bais that the router provided a firewall - no effect

When I do Start - My Computer - Right click on Shared Documents - Properties, then under the sharing tab EACH of the machines shows a "tick" for Share this folder on the network and Allow network users to change my files (reasonable since I am the network user). Obviously I have "missed something" - but what?

Womble · 18-03-2004, 18:42

Well I never I have done it!!! After months of trying, giving up, then trying again I have finally done it. Thanks to all who have made suggestions and have offered ideas.
One site that I did get told about thru this saga was http://www.homenethelp.com
PS; Still haven't got clue what I did to make it work!!!!!

snodvan · 18-03-2004, 19:29

Congrats! OK, so now you have the machines 'talking' to each other you will have NO excuse for not backing up important files from one to the other (incase of nasty disc crashes etc etc). Seriously, I am still struggling and have not yet gracked the system. Pity you do not know what made it work. I will read around the site you indicated and some info sent today from Belkin and will try again. If all else fails it will be a call to Stuartbe again methinks - but I would like to have a go myself.

Womble · 19-03-2004, 08:46

The first thing I did was enable Netbue over TCP/IP, but later read that I didn't have too!?! (there seems to be lots of contradicting advice out there!). After that didn't work I threw the towel in for a couple of days. When I started again, I disabled my firewalls (which I had done before numerous times) and hey presto, when I went to map the drives there it was! (God this is turning into a blog! lol).
Regards the backing up, I lost 6 years of digital photos and documentation when my hard drive crashed some time ago so I run 2 drives on the same PC now and use Powerquest Datakeeper for automated back-up.

PS; Good luck, sorry I can't be of more help to you, I for one know just how frustrating it can be when it won't work!!!!!

snodvan · 19-03-2004, 09:31

Agree totally about the conflicting advice, but then folks are trying to be helpful and everyone has different setups/ configurations so what works for one person may not work for another. I tried disabling firewalls but that did not help. What bugs me is that in the end it will be something totally trivial ie 'tick in a box' somewhere.

Anyway, you are up running so all the best. What we need is a smily for "smug self-satisfaction". The less IT literate amongst us would all use that when we had achieved some technological miracle - even if we did not really understand what or why. Cheers

Stuartbe · 19-03-2004, 10:35

Hi m8

I will PM you when I am at home and we can get this one sorted. Getting 98 and xp to talk to each other is not going to be easy as the authenticate users and rights in different ways....

I am sure we will crack it

Womble · 31-03-2004, 00:36

Snodvan/Stuartbe did you get it sorted?