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Networking XP to ME with a crossover cable
I apologize if this has already been covered, but I've been online all
day trying various websites' solutions with no success. Basically I have an old Windows ME desktop and a new XP laptop that I'd like to connect together through a crossover cable. Can someone please walk through the steps to do this. I think I've done everything correctly but still have no connection so I must be doing something wrong. Thanks. |
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Networking XP to ME with a crossover cable
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wrote: I apologize if this has already been covered, but I've been online all day trying various websites' solutions with no success. Basically I have an old Windows ME desktop and a new XP laptop that I'd like to connect together through a crossover cable. Can someone please walk through the steps to do this. I think I've done everything correctly but still have no connection so I must be doing something wrong. Thanks. First, make sure that you have a crossover cable. A regular cable won't work, and one or both computers will report that a network cable is disconnected if you use a regular cable. The easiest way to set up the computers for networking is to run XP's Network Setup Wizard, which will make all the necessary settings. This will get you started: XP ICS - Starting the Network Setup Wizard http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...rksetupwiz.htm Make sure that any firewall program (Norton, McAfee, PC-cillin, ZoneAlarm, etc) is configured to allow access on the local area network. If that doesn't help, please post another news group message with complete details of the problem: what works, what doesn't work, what you've tried to fix it, and complete text of all error messages. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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Networking XP to ME with a crossover cable
Thanks to both of you for your suggestions, but I still don't have a
connection. The XP computer has a Norton Firewall, but I've not only added the assigned IPs to its exception list, I even tried turning it off. I made sure that the Windows Firewall was off as well. If the ME computer has a firewall, I can't find it, and I'd figure that even if it had one I'd still be able to ping from it to the XP, which I can't. Does anybody have any more suggestions? Thanks. |
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Networking XP to ME with a crossover cable
One word - Norton!
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's wrote in message ups.com... Thanks to both of you for your suggestions, but I still don't have a connection. The XP computer has a Norton Firewall, but I've not only added the assigned IPs to its exception list, I even tried turning it off. I made sure that the Windows Firewall was off as well. If the ME computer has a firewall, I can't find it, and I'd figure that even if it had one I'd still be able to ping from it to the XP, which I can't. Does anybody have any more suggestions? Thanks. |
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Networking XP to ME with a crossover cable
In ,
Noel Paton had this to say: My reply is at the bottom of your sent message: One word - Norton! Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's wrote in message ups.com... Thanks to both of you for your suggestions, but I still don't have a connection. The XP computer has a Norton Firewall, but I've not only added the assigned IPs to its exception list, I even tried turning it off. I made sure that the Windows Firewall was off as well. If the ME computer has a firewall, I can't find it, and I'd figure that even if it had one I'd still be able to ping from it to the XP, which I can't. Does anybody have any more suggestions? Thanks. LOL You stole the words right out of my mouth Noel. That and I never ever ever have had any bit of luck with the network setup disk from XP with any systems other than XP. Back to the OP... Yes, a cheap router and straight cables. -- Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE) http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/ "We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." - Sherlock Holmes |
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Networking XP to ME with a crossover cable
So is what you guys are saying is that since I have Norton installed,
the only way to network these two computers is through a router? Surely there has to be a way around the software. |
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Networking XP to ME with a crossover cable
No - what we're saying is that because you have Norton installed, the
probability is that you'll have to uninstall it to get any sense out of your system. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's wrote in message oups.com... So is what you guys are saying is that since I have Norton installed, the only way to network these two computers is through a router? Surely there has to be a way around the software. |
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Networking XP to ME with a crossover cable
In ,
Noel Paton had this to say: My reply is at the bottom of your sent message: No - what we're saying is that because you have Norton installed, the probability is that you'll have to uninstall it to get any sense out of your system. Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's wrote in message oups.com... So is what you guys are saying is that since I have Norton installed, the only way to network these two computers is through a router? Surely there has to be a way around the software. Right, a cheap router, straight cables, and no Norton. That should do the trick. (Mind you that you should use a firewall, just not one that's bloated, breaks the system, and it should also work.) -- Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE) http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/ "We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." - Sherlock Holmes |
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Networking XP to ME with a crossover cable
Okay, so I've uninstalled Norton and gone to windows firewall on the XP
and allowed every possible exception I could find for the ME's IP. Now, when I ping from the ME machine, rather than timing out as it had before, I get a message that says destination host unreachable. Any suggestions? |
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