Home Networking Problem

Barryt06

Hi all,

Having a really hard time trying to network 2 pc's at home. Have tried with a crossover cable which didn't work. Now im trying with a router. we have set up the pc's upstairs so I got my d-link router and have connected it all up (wired) One pc is fine it gets 192.168 address assigned by DHCP but the other PC keeps getting 169.254 address. I tried to connect it wirelessly but got the same issue.

Settings:
Automatically detects settings - ticked
Obtain ip address auto - ticked

2 machines
one running xp pro new 6 months old -Working
one runnning xp home 6 years old - not working

What we have tried.
Connecting a crosover cable. - Not sure of what setting s needed to be changed for that .

Winsock fix
release/renew ip address


If anyone could help it would be great, Thanks

zod

does the port on the router go green when you connect the cable from the home pc in? if not try another cable

lamaq

Check the cable on the 169.254 pc, it's not getting packets from the dhcp. The 169.254 is what XP will default to when it doesn't detect any DHCP server.

StillBallygowan

just an idea - check if they're both using the same workgroup e.g. MSHOME
right click on the My Computer icon to get information on both PCs

pduffy50

It shouldn't matter if they are not on the same Workgroup the router should still assign an ip address.