setting up home network

rancheros

wondering what the problem is,

I have eircom bb with netopia wireless router.

PC is connected via wireless and lan connected through ethernet.

trying to setup hm network but one pc will not recognise the ip of the other, i have zone alarms, tryed turning this off but no different,

was using the ms wizard to set up network,

Any ideas
thanks

Rollo Tamasi

set both your IP's to local address: for example 192.168.0.1 & 192.168.0.2
and make sure that both PC's are on the same workgroup: for example: mshome

rancheros

thats done, the router is setup as a dhcp server and each comp is assigned a local address this way,

bot are on same workgroup, i'm wondering is it some thing with the router

Rollo Tamasi

have u been able to ping both machines?

mcummins2

I set up my nephews laptop with the Eircom Netopia. I had to make sure as he was using wireless the the crypto key was the same on his laptop as was on the router. Cant exactly remember how it went but I use a belkin router with a wireless card. I go in to my router setup and then to security. There I can change my security mode and generate a key. On the wireless machine right click on the wireless connection and select connections. This should list available connections. Click on your router if there are more then one. With my belkin it then prompts me for the crypto key that was generated in the router settings. You need to copy this exactly as it is to the machine you are using over the wireless. Also you can just choose to turn off the security feature and if someone nearby you has a wireless machine they will be able to access your network.
Hope this helps.

rancheros

Rollo Tamasi wrote:

have u been able to ping both machines?

no, tried it with 2 ethernet connections as well and no luck

Rollo Tamasi

try linux! erm....only messing. Its been a while since i did the MS Home Network nightmare, so i'll be of little assistance to you from now on i'm afraid. :-(

dil999

Can both machines access the internet?
Do you have microsoft firewall enabled?

rancheros

dil999 wrote:

Can both machines access the internet?
Do you have microsoft firewall enabled?

yeah both machines can access the net, switched of win firewall and zone alarm and still no change

tchelyzt

I have an internal wireless network but my BB is wired to one machine (the server ... see 5 below). However, my config might help:

1) Have you set up TCP/IP for both networks: specifically one for the Netopia router and one for your internal hardware? If not, I think each knows about the bb but not about each other.

2) My bb router uses DHCP for WINS resolution and gets it's IP automatically. I'm not sure what happens you if both your machines ask for an IP from eircom.

3) My base station has DNS enabled, WINS resolution disabled, and I use a series of IPs as follows: 10.10.0.1, 10.10.0.2, etc. All have a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0

4) Remember to enable file (and printer) sharing on each machine

5) I run the Sygate Home Network server (free for two machines, modestly priced for 5).

If all else fails, do what I did next. Get Macs :-)

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MAC OS X ... because making Unix user-friendly was easier than fixing Windows

rancheros

well like all windows crappy things when i switched it on today it worked,

thanks everyone for your help