Networking ME and XP

I know exactly what you feel like.

No good deed goes unpunished. We should start a club: People who get abused
in exchange for offering to help people for free.

Carey

"N. Miller" wrote in message
om...
In article , James Egan
says...

You've had three goes at it and you still haven't corrected or
clarified what you originally said.

Fine. I am a stupid idiot. I'll go hide in the corner and forget I even
have
an Internet connection. Who needs it, anyway...

--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

In article , James Egan says...

You've had three goes at it and you still haven't corrected or
clarified what you originally said.

Okay, I will try it one more time. I suppose it all comes down to "access"
versus "connect". I was thinking "connect" when I wrote that. My NIC is not
connected directly to the Internet. Satisified?

--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 20:16:38 -0700, N. Miller
wrote:

You've had three goes at it and you still haven't corrected or
clarified what you originally said.

Okay, I will try it one more time. I suppose it all comes down to "access"
versus "connect". I was thinking "connect" when I wrote that. My NIC is not
connected directly to the Internet. Satisified?

It's not really a matter of me being satisfied. The only reason I
commented in the first place was because the original poster was
wondering why his LAN connection wasn't working and your post (without
clarification) appeared to be telling him that the only way he was
going to communicate with his LAN was to add a second nic.

We both know he doesn't need to do that. "Satisfied" is getting to the
point where the original poster understands it.

As far as Carey's comments are concerned, he likes to wallow in self
pity and can't differentiate between constructive criticism and
trolling. Hopefully you can.


Jim.

In article , James Egan says...

It's not really a matter of me being satisfied. The only reason I
commented in the first place was because the original poster was
wondering why his LAN connection wasn't working and your post (without
clarification) appeared to be telling him that the only way he was
going to communicate with his LAN was to add a second nic.

We both know he doesn't need to do that. "Satisfied" is getting to the
point where the original poster understands it.

He only doesn't need a second NIC if he is using a shared ***connection***.
In the case of an Internet connected computer which will be a gateway, he
may need a second NIC; if the computer will be connecting to the Internet
via an Ethernet broadband modem, and sharing that connection with other
computers, a second NIC, for an Ethernet LAN, will be necessary (unless the
modem/HSI account has a provision to supply multiple WAN IP addresses).

But the whole thing centered on the difference between access and connect.
Behind a router, the NIC does not directly connect with the Internet, only
with the router (or gateway computer).

--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

"Fred Marshall" wrote in message ...
Make sure that the ME computer doesn't have NetBEUI or IPX installed
(network protocols).
If it does, get rid of them on all the computers.
TCP/IP is not only "enough" it is often necessary that it be "alone".

You must have the same protocol working for file sharing, etc.
From experience, I believe that installing NetBEUI on an ME machine (that
already has TCP/IP) will cause an XP machine with only TCP/IP installed to
disappear from the ME machine's network neighborhood. It's as if NetBEUI
has taken priority for being the protocol of choice and, since it doesn't
exist on the XP machine, can't share.
Removing NetBEUI is much preferable to having it installed all over the
place.

Fred

"jhebron" wrote in message
news:fz0ad.363941$Fg5.194989@attbi_s53...
I am running ME and XP and I can't get them to share files. I am running a
Linysys cable modem and Linksys router. I can get the Internet on both
computers no problem, they just wont see each other to share files and
printers. Is the firewall in XP Service Pak 2 stopping them from
anything.
I also have Norton Security and Anti-virus on each computer. Any help
would
be greatly appreciated.




I noticed no one mentioned the workgroup names on your network ideally
should be the same. Also enable netbios over TCP-IP on the XP box.
The Win ME workgroup name change can be done by rt clicking on network
places, select properties then identification. WinXP is similar ,
just click on the network ID button and you will find where to change
the workgp name. To enable Netbios on the XP box get into control
panel - select network, rt click on LAN connection , click on TCP-IP
- select properties. click the ADVANCED button select the WINS tab.
Near the bottom of this window is a tick to enable netbios.

Good luck

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"Don Turner" wrote in message
om...
"Fred Marshall" wrote in message
...
Make sure that the ME computer doesn't have NetBEUI or IPX installed
(network protocols).
If it does, get rid of them on all the computers.
TCP/IP is not only "enough" it is often necessary that it be "alone".

You must have the same protocol working for file sharing, etc.
From experience, I believe that installing NetBEUI on an ME machine (that
already has TCP/IP) will cause an XP machine with only TCP/IP installed
to
disappear from the ME machine's network neighborhood. It's as if NetBEUI
has taken priority for being the protocol of choice and, since it doesn't
exist on the XP machine, can't share.
Removing NetBEUI is much preferable to having it installed all over the
place.

Fred

"jhebron" wrote in message
news:fz0ad.363941$Fg5.194989@attbi_s53...
I am running ME and XP and I can't get them to share files. I am
running a
Linysys cable modem and Linksys router. I can get the Internet on both
computers no problem, they just wont see each other to share files and
printers. Is the firewall in XP Service Pak 2 stopping them from
anything.
I also have Norton Security and Anti-virus on each computer. Any help
would
be greatly appreciated.




I noticed no one mentioned the workgroup names on your network ideally
should be the same. Also enable netbios over TCP-IP on the XP box.
The Win ME workgroup name change can be done by rt clicking on network
places, select properties then identification. WinXP is similar ,
just click on the network ID button and you will find where to change
the workgp name. To enable Netbios on the XP box get into control
panel - select network, rt click on LAN connection , click on TCP-IP
- select properties. click the ADVANCED button select the WINS tab.
Near the bottom of this window is a tick to enable netbios.

Good luck