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home network not working

by darken Aug 13, 2005 5:26AM PDT

I am trying to conenct my PC and laptop in a home network so both me and my partner can work at the same time. Both are running win XP SP2, and for networking I use a crosswire ethernet cable.
I set up the network using the network wizard in XP.
The network appears as operational, but for some reason the two computers don't seem to communicate, at network status they both show "sent X KB received 0".
The cable is working.

I connect to the net via ADSL, and I just need to be able to have two omputers on line at the same time. Please help

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(NT) (NT) get a router

by Melati Hitam Aug 13, 2005 5:59AM PDT

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Get a router,,,,,or.....

by Michael Geist Aug 13, 2005 6:31AM PDT

setup ICS on the one PC that has the DSL, and turn off those firewalls until you can connect to each other.

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how?

by darken Aug 13, 2005 5:08PM PDT

how do I do that?

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Here's a more detailed description....

by Michael Geist Aug 13, 2005 10:35PM PDT

then I could ever write:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/ics_xp

In most cases adding a router between the modem and PCs, then a few software settings change, is a much easier network/Internet sharing setup the using ICS.

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