Home Networking From Hell!

**devs** · 6th April 2003

Hi I really need a hand setting up a home network on two PC�s running Win XP Pro � People keep on telling me that it�s a piece-of-piss to do yet I can never get it running ;( What I ideally would like to do is be able to share my Broadband connection / printer and scanner with the other machine.

So far I have the following to nics and a 3Com Office Connect Hub� With the following settings�

On Both PC�s in �Network Connections� I have a �Local Area Connection� that is �enabled� With a status of �connected�

I also had various folders from previous attempts in �My Network Places� that did not work ;( they gave the error network path was not found� So they now live in the bin.

That�s about as far as I have got�

If anyone could help me out that would be great

Cheers,

dEVS!

**fe_man2000** · 6th April 2003

Can the PC's ping each other ? thats the first test - if so then the connection is good and the rest is down to the setup/permissions etc. If not then we need to look at the network settings or cabling.

I have the same setup here with 2 XP sharing a USB broadband connection and a printer.

Cheers
Ironman

**devs** · 6th April 2003

Hi fe_man2000 and thx for the reply m8

Yeah I can ping the Machines okay!

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Just got it!!! It was the the firewall on my main machine stopping the other from getting on the net!

Any ideas how I can enable my firewall again and still acess the net on the other pc?

Many Thx,

dEVS!

**digidump** · 6th April 2003

Which firewall are you using m8 ?

**devs** · 6th April 2003

Wow I'm really gett'in there now!!! I've sorted out the firewall problem! My last question is how do I share a folder on my desktop? I've created a folder and right clicked properties and checked "Share this folder on the network" Yet when I hit apply I get the following error message... The Server service is not started - The shared resource was not created at this time.

I search throught the help yet can find anything relating to this error message? If anyone know's what could be wrong? Plz let me know!

Cheers,

dEVS!

**devs** · 6th April 2003

Sorted it - thx for all the help people! Just for your info this is what I did...

Right click My Computer and select Manage.
Double click Services and Applications.
Double click Services.
Scroll down the list of services and double click Server.
Click the Start button.
Set the Startup type to Automatic.
Click Apply and OK.

dEVS!

oE · 8th April 2003

Told ya - piece of piss mate !

lol

oE.

**devs** · 8th April 2003

LOL! FAF!

dEVS!

**devs** · 9th April 2003

Why does it always happen to me? I was funk'in around fitting a zip drive to the other pc and I fired them back up and bingo the network is now funked! ;(

I did'nt make any changes to any setting the only thing that I did was unplug the HUB for a min..

I've ipconfig'd and ping'd both machine's and they are seeing each other yet I can acess the net on the other machine or any shared folders?

Any ideas?

Cheers,

dEVS!

P.S. The firewall is off

**Ryan5262** · 10th April 2003

Try setting up a ip on your main machine put in 192.168.0.1 and leave the other at auto config ip but have the default gate way at 192.168.0.1 and it should work every time from that

**devs** · 11th April 2003

Hi Ryan and many thx for the reply m8!

I have changed my pc's IP to... 192.168.0.1 yet I can't set the default gateway and leave the IP address on auto on the other machine as it just greys out the box?

Any ideas mate?

Cheers,

dEVS!

**Ryan5262** · 11th April 2003

right click Local Area Connection propites and click the advanced tab then down the botom of that hit add then the ip like the pic below see if that helps

**devs** · 12th April 2003

Many Thank - Ryan5262! Thats sorted it now... I really must take a note of the settings so when / if it funks up again I can sort it myself!

Cheers mate and have a good weekend!

dEVS!

**Ryan5262** · 13th April 2003

Cheers mate and have a good weekend!

AHhhh already have

and paying for it now

good to see you fixed

**devs** · 13th April 2003

LOL

**devs** · 27th April 2003

Hi Guys - My network has been running fine for a good while now yet on the second machine it will not connect to the network and just brings up the following error message on start up... ;(

10041: The specified port is the wrong type of this socket.

I don't have a clue wtf it means so if anyone has had this error or knows how I can solve the problem could they plz let me know.

Cheers,

dEVS!

**Ryan5262** · 27th April 2003

lol you dont have much luck with networks do you

have you changed any thing or installed any firewalls ?

Try removing Tcp/ip Click ok so it saves new settings then reinstall it see if that fixes it

**devs** · 27th April 2003

Hi Ryan and thx for the reply mate

Yeah you�re your 100% right I don�t have any fun with the old networking � I don�t know what I�ve done wrong in the past??? But nothing ever seems to go straight forward for me�

Okay I tried removing Tcp/ip and then reinstalling it� restarted and the same error appears.

I�ve tried disabling the firewall and AV software yet it doesn�t make a difference I�ve also tried the repair function and that didn�t work ;(

Any other ideas mate?

Thanks,

dEVS!