Re: Networking only one way


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In message <e8alqj$7gs$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Blair <Darrach@xxxxxxx>
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I'm afraid that I need more guidance on how to do this. I can go into
safe
mode but could you spell out for me exactly how I setup safe permissions
so
that everyone has control.
By the home machine I take you mean the Laptop which can't access the
desktop
Sorry to be so stupid

ok, 1st off. Can you clear up any confusion. Please tell us the ip
address, computer name and operating system (home or pro) for both the
laptop and the desktop. The results of an ipconfig /all for both pasted
in would be good too. You can do this by doing something like :
ipconfig /all > c:\txt.txt

which will copy the results to a file on your root drive called txt.txt.
--
Devs
"Punchdown Pete the old Kroner"

Laptop
XP Home, IP Address 192.168.1.132, Default gateway 192.168.1.1 Computer
Name; Laptop

Desktop
XP Home, IP Address 192.168.1.117, Default gateway 192.168.1.1
Computer name, Desktop

For some reason I cannot run ipconfig/all>c:\txt.txt So I tried
ipconfiig/all and it also could not be found.
This is a mystery as I have successfully used it before
The result then was on the Desktop, only the desktop was listed and on
the laptop Media State- Disconnected
Blair




It should have been ipconfig /all>c:\txt.txt with space after ipconfig.

I've reread all your posts, I think, and it seems you're attempting to
connect only via wieless? I get your error message if I try to open my
other connection and it's not switched on. Your wireless connection could
be dodgy. Can you use cable for the moment? If so, and it doesn't work,
what are the current symptoms - they seem to be variable. Can you still
ping reliabley (that doesn't look right) both ways? If not, can you from
the router?

Allan

My wireless connection must be OK because I can access the Internet.Also I
can ping the router from the laptop.But I can't ping the desktop from the
laptop. I get a message "Request timed out"
I can ping the laptop from the desktop. Also I can ping the router from the
desktop
The one thing I can't do is ping the PCs from the router. I do not know how
to do this
Blair


That certainly sounds like the router. I assume you've tried switching it off/on as they can get in a knot, or resetting it?

Pinging from router probably varies with type. My Linksys has an administration/diagnostics page for pings. Have a root round.

How do you ping the PC? By IP address? Is it set to use DHCP? Might the IP have changed? Have you tried static? Sorry if that's so obvious, but it's not been mentioned.

Allan

Allan

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