Home network problem. Heeeeeeeeeelp please!?

Question

I had a working LAN connection between my two PC's. It is not working now, i have checked up the cable and that green light e adapter, IP addresses are 192.168.0.1 ( for main PC) and 192.168.0.2 for the other PC. The XP troubleshooter cant solve the issue and i am stuck, can you please suggest what may be wrong here?

I am not able to ping either of the pc's

Answer 1

you conncet the ethernet cable to the back of the router on the port that is marked ethernet then you take the other end of the cable to the ethernet card on on the back of your pc you conncet it to the port marked ethernet

then you conncet the other cable to the back of the ruter port that is marked DSL then you take that cable to the modem box conncet it to the port marked on the modem marked DSL
then you conncet the modem cable box to your phoneline box
conncet the power cable to the router and put the power on
now you put in the cd driver that came with your router
and you install the network drivers
now you need to set up a network id & password on the router
you will be told how to do all that when you install the drivers & software for the router
when you have install the drivers and software fo r the router
your need to restart the pc
when your back at the desktop
you will see a network icon in the taksbar by the pc time
if it has a red X on it right click it and click on enable
if you dont see a network icon in the taskbar
click on start/control panel
click on
network and internet connections
icon
then click on network connections icon
now right click the
local Area connection
icon and click on properties
tick the box
show icon in notification ares when connected
tick the box
notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity

now click on
then authentication tab at the top

tick the box
enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for network
tick the box
authenticate as computer when infomatiion is available
then right click
local Area connection
and click on enable
now your router internet will log online with in 45 seconds
when your router is online you conncet your phoncable to the modem marked
phone

now when your router is online

then you need to get in the router home page and click on the wireles lan icon
and you set up a network id for the laptop
and a security wpa key not a wep key dont use that one use wpa key
then you put a wireless usb adapter on the laptop you install the network drivers on the laptop for the wireless usb
then you click on the network icon in the taskbar by the time on the laptop right click on it go to properties then you click on view wireless networks then you click on advanced tab you put in the network id and security key that u set up on the router home back then you click apply & ok then you click on view wireless network's your see your network id click on that then click on conncet


if you have a wireless card in the laptop just

click on the network icon in the taskbar by the time on the laptop right click on it go to properties then you click on view wireless networks then you click on advanced tab you put in the network id and security key that u set up on the router home back then you click apply & ok then you click on view wireless network's your see your network id click on that then click on conncet

if your network cuts out at any time just right click the network icon by the pc time
and click on repair that is on the 2 computers you can do this then windows xp will repair the
network for you and it dont take long at all
if you cant set that up
your be better off if you get you (isp)server to help you set all that up

Answer 2

Probably one of the cat 5 cables. There are 8 wires (4 pairs) only 2 pairs are actually used. The green light only needs one pair intact to work. So the little light doesn't guarantee that the cable is good. Look at the light on both ends to determine if the cable is intact. You didn't mention if you are using a crossover cable or if you are using a switch/router/hub but you can use any switch as a poor mans wire checker. Just plug both ends in to the switch and watch the little lights. This won't tell you anything about the quality of the cable, just whether or not there is continuity.

Answer 3

I gather you are using a crossover cable. Try disconnecting and reconnecting each end of the cable while both computers are off. Some network adapters rermained powered even when the computer is off. So in order to fully reset these adapters you will need to pull the power plug to the pc for about 10-15 seconds before reconnecting. And if you are using a router, pull its power plug for about 10 seconds also.

Answer 4

First off, try to ping each PC from itself. If this doesn't work you either have a bad NIC or corrupt protocol stack. That would be highly unusual on 2 PCs at the same time, however.

Make sure that the firewalls on both PCs are either turned off, or are set to allow communications with each other. This is by far the most likely cause of your problem.

Answer 5

This happend to me once while doing some configurations with a router. If possible, go into the router settings and see if anything has been slightly changed. Call your internet provider to double check what your IP Addresses are (not the 192.168.x.x but the static ones). Again, this is probably a network problem, so check all router settings.

Answer 6

If you are using cables that resemble a phone cable only larger (I believe it's called CAT 5 cabling), try switching the cables around to see if you can get one of the computers to work. This type of cable has been known to go bad even though nothing visual appears broken.

Answer 7

the position are human beings getting this stupid theory of deleting "interior of sight section Connection"?????????/ It can't be deleted, only disabled by skill of community Connections on proper of issues Panel. Your LAN card is a chunk of hardware, you could only "uninstall" it by skill of device manager or perhaps then, each and every time you reboot, it really is going to reload the driver from the sys32 folder of living house windows. besides, we do not opt for to even attempt to get rid of it as we choose it to community with contained in the first position!!! before each little thing, what variety of community are you attempting to envision. Is it computing device to computing device, computing device to Broadband Hub? Secondly, no matter if it really is computing device to computing device, have you ever allowed folder sharing on the computing device's because in case you've not, you is totally no longer waiting to get admission to folders or files on the different computing device. I presume that computing device networking is a extremely new component to you and also you've were given a restricted understanding (no longer wishing to patronise in any respect, I promise). i'd recommend you look at some forums first as Microsoft's wizards aren't any more so magnificent in networking. Oh, and thirdly, if you're attempting to community to a unique computing device, you want to make sure that both computing device's are on an same workgroup, or you'll not in any respect get them to communicate with one yet another. Regards Steve