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Sigh. How to get LAN to work right? Ive actually gone backward. sigh...

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LotharJade

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Hey, I have 2 win2k computers connected via patch cable from an onboard Giga-lan to an 10/100 ethernet card on the other. It seems the connection is there and working and at one point I even figured out how to share the printer and at least see the other computer from this one. Well, Ive moved stuff around and twittled with some things and now I can't do either of those, and Im not sure what I did to mess things up. The more I read and try things, the more confused I get.

Can someone PLEASE help and give me a step by step way to get it so I can see and manipulate things from computer to computer (all files) and share printers as well.(links appreciated if there is a good website that shows that... which there probably is) If you please, make it for a mega NEWBIE, and assume I know just about nothing (some truth there). Also, if possible explain what the heck is going on.😱

Thanks.
 
What exactly did you "move around"? Just the physical machines?

Are you using the same cable as before? Connecting two NICs together requires a crossover cable, a regular patch cable won't work. Do both NICs have a link light on? Do you have both machines using static IP addresses or is Windows defaulting to its own automatic addresses?

Assuming the IP addresses are correct on both machines, and the link light is on, can you ping one machine from the other? If you type "arp -a" at a command prompt, does it show the MAC address of the other machine?

After the link is up, simply enabling file and printer sharing makes it possible to share things. However because of the security of Windows 2000, both computers have to have accounts set up for both the local user, and the user on the other machine (you can't just share files the way you do in Win98; when one computer tries to get a file from the other, it has to authenticate, so the other computer has to have an account for it to log into). I suppose if you had the same username and password as an account on each machine, then only one account would actually be needed.
 
I updated lots of software, moved the modem card from the older computer to the new one, oh and have been deleting a bunch of junk off the old computer.

What is the difference between an ethernet patch cable, and a cross-over cable? I bought what I thought was a patch cable, but previously it worked for showing the printer and what not. Currently it is using the automatic address deal.

I haven't tried pinging yet using the ARP deal, I will try tomorrow. It does seem to register a connection for a lan connection.

When file sharing, assuming each computer can see each other, in permissions do you have to specify the workgroup name or just "everyone"?
 
Could be that by moving the Modem you created an IRQ problem with the Network Cards (NIC), as a result one or both of the NICs are not functional.

If you do not know what I am talking about Click Start/ Click on Help and type IRQ into the search. Windows will help you to check the IRQ table.
 
1. I now have crossover cable.
2. I can now see the other computers name when searching for the other computer and when looking in network places, BUT no files are shown even though I have set them to be shared.
3. arp -a produces the text "no ARP entries found"

What do I need to do to get it all working? Sorry for my complete ignorance on this issue.🙂
 
Actually arp -a occasionaly works. It works for a few seconds and then a few seconds it doesnt. Baffling. Ive checked the connections...
 
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