Network wizard in win xp?

[CaseDogg]

if i'm on a router what options do i use in the wizard on XP? it doesn't give the option for router and i can't shard file. =(

[plained]

dhcp auto sense?

[CaseDogg]

yup.

[CaseDogg]

linksys router... if that matters.

[plained]

i doen think i use a wizard

whoops right click the connection

then under the general tab select tcp/ip protocall one

get the propertiers on that and set toauto and dhph or whatevers

i'm sure thats prolly wrong somehow but it always works for me

[CaseDogg]

i think you're thinkin of the internet connection wiz. im connected with auto everything but i cant share files with my other computer. in the network connection wiz it doesnt have an opt for using a router.

[CaseDogg]

thank you though brah.

[Foo]

XPs network wizards are bullshit. Try the following:

- The only firewall on each PC should be windows firewall. Any other type, fuck it, they're all unpredictable.
- Set both machines to DHCP autoconfigure and reboot them. They should both be able to access the net.
- Go to start Run 'cmd' 'ipconfig /all' on both machines. Both should have different ip addresses, the same gateway address, and a dns server entry.
- go onto one machine, go start run '\\ipofothermachine\'

This should bring up, after 20 seconds or so, the shared folders on the other machine. If you're doing these exact steps and it doesn't work, I'm lost... becuase this almost always works.

[l0g1c]

Have you enabled NetBIOS?

Perhaps you should try regedit.

[CaseDogg]

XPs network wizards are bullshit. Try the following:

- The only firewall on each PC should be windows firewall. Any other type, fuck it, they're all unpredictable.
- Set both machines to DHCP autoconfigure and reboot them. They should both be able to access the net.
- Go to start Run 'cmd' 'ipconfig /all' on both machines. Both should have different ip addresses, the same gateway address, and a dns server entry.
- go onto one machine, go start run '\\ipofothermachine\'

This should bring up, after 20 seconds or so, the shared folders on the other machine. If you're doing these exact steps and it doesn't work, I'm lost... becuase this almost always works.

i did all of that and its right but when i go, start, run, \\ipofothermachine\ it pop's up an error.

[PhoeniX]

What's the error?

[CaseDogg]

the network path was not found. =(

[Foo]

try start run cmd 'ping ipofmachinehere'

If it pings that's good. if not, bad.

[CaseDogg]

it cant ping it. =(

[l0g1c]

You're substituting your actual IP address for "ipofyourmachinehere" right?

[R00k]

Disable both firewalls and try to ping. If that works, you know you need to check your firewall settings, because it's blocking the traffic.


edit: Start Run services.msc

Find the Windows Firewall service and stop it. That's the fastest/easiest way to disable your firewalls while you troubleshoot. Don't forget to turn them back on after you're finished. If you do forget to start them again, they will start automatically the next time the machine reboots.

[CaseDogg]

yeah. when i ping it it pings once then it goes request timed out.

[CaseDogg]

Disable both firewalls and try to ping. If that works, you know you need to check your firewall settings, because it's blocking the traffic.


edit: Start Run services.msc

Find the Windows Firewall service and stop it. That's the fastest/easiest way to disable your firewalls while you troubleshoot. Don't forget to turn them back on after you're finished. If you do forget to start them again, they will start automatically the next time the machine reboots.

thanks rook, i gotta roll out for a sec but imma try that when i get back. thank again brah.