Ihave 2 nic cards installed, a crossover cable, and nothing.. any ideas why??

[dowxp]

run winipcfg and post what they box says for both computers.

 

[Pagealert]

for PPP adapter adapter addy is 44-45-53-54-00-00, IP addy is 63.26.12.201, supnet mask is 255.0.0.0 and default gateway is 63.26.12.201 and for the ethernet NIC adapter addy is 00-50-fc-2a-f5-ba ip addy is 192.168.0.1 and subnet mask is 255.255.255.0...

for the other computer..
the PPP adapter addy is 44-45-53-54-00-00, ip addy is 0.0.0.0 subnet is 0.0.0.0 and the ethernet addy is 00-50-fc-2a-f0-f5 and the ip addy is 192.168.0.2 and subnet is 255.255.255.0.

 

[dowxp]

hmm, can u get on broadband on the server computer? i dont know what else to do. by this time, win2k should have worked already. i'll leave it up to the certified networking people.

try pinging 127.0.0.1 thats yourself. local host... if that doesnt work. i have no idea.

 

[Pagealert]

i can ping myself.. just not the other computer

 

[Tog]

Check to make shure that the bindings on both computers are checked for the same protocol.

 

[Pagealert]

how do i check the binding?

 

[Pederv]

Are you booting one machine at a time? Waiting till ones done booting before starting the other? Have you tried a release and renew from inside winipcfg? You will probably get a DHCP error, but given some time(winipcfg may act like it's frozen) it may properly address your NIC. Check your IRQ's and see if something is sharing the same IRQ as your NIC's.

 

[Tog]

To check the bindings right click on network neighborhood go down to properties. Go to TCP/IP double click- there should be a tab called bindings check to make shure all bindings are bound to the other computer whatever your protocol. check each protocol the same way (ie. netBeui, Ipx/spx ect.) all have to match and be bound to one another.

 

[thorin]

When you open "Network Neighbourhood" you should see not only the other system but also the system you are currently on. Do you?

Thorin

 

[Pakman]

Open up a dos window and type "ping localhost" without the quotes on each machine. This will establish whether the network cards are functioning in the first place. If you get a response time, then they should be working. Nobody has mentioned whether or not you have sharing enabled. Open windows explorer and RIGHT CLICK the drive or folder you want to share with the other computer. Click on sharing. Then click Shared as... and give it a name.

Oh, sometimes, it takes awhile for the browse list to update itself so it might not show up in network neighborhood for awhile.

 

[Davegod75]

in you network card properties under device manager make sure you don't have cards set to autodetect network speed. set them both to 10mbp half duplex or something