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Here is what im trying to accomplish. I just built me a second box (3+ years in the making ) for file storage. The trouble im having is I do not want to use a router. Setup i have to work with

Box1 my performance rig has built in lan (xp pro sp2)

Box2 is my storage and d/l righ built in lan and pci nic card (xp pro sp2)

I have been reading around and tried the crossover config could not get it to work so i ran out last night and bought a switch box 1 and 2 are networked fine but the problem im having is sharing the internet connection that goes to box2. I tried using the internet connection sharring setting but the problem was that there was a conflict between ip adyy. The connection is the default ip that microsoft recomends and then there is my isp ip guess that was the problem. TIA
 
Is the internet connected to pc2? The internet shouldn't be connected directly to the switch. What is the ip address for pc1 & pc2?
 
yes the internet is conntected to pc 2, pc2 ip that i was using was 192.168.0.1 and pc 1 is 192.168.0.2 . but my problem is that the two computers are talking fine and networked but the lan card 1 on pc 2 has my cable connection. when i goto enable internet connection sharing is when i get ip conflict message
 
No, it will not work, to connect to your ISP directly you'd need a router, not a switch. Using a switch, both of your pc's will try to get public IP's from your ISP.
 
What is your IPS connection? Cable, DSL, how do you connect to it, i.e. cable modem with ethernet or USB?

Perhaps you should have spent an additional $10 and bought a router.
 
Originally posted by: MtnMan
What is your IPS connection? Cable, DSL, how do you connect to it, i.e. cable modem with ethernet or USB?

Perhaps you should have spent an additional $10 and bought a router.
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I connect cable modem pci nic, and i have two routers

linksys BEFSR41

Netgear MR814

 
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