Setting up a home network. Having trouble...
 

Ok ive got an old Desktop running Win XP Pro (comp #1)

I just bought a new desktop running Win XP Home (Comp#2)

They both have netwrork cards. I plugged them together with a network cable, ran network setup on both and they wont talk to eachother. Comp #2 refuses to see the MSHOME workgroup at all.

On Comp #2 when i hit View workgroup computers it says: "Mshome is not accessible. You might not have permission to use it" etc...

What the hell. Ive been at it for a while now and I'm sure its something stupid that didnt get checked. I have to network these two comps ASAP.

Thanks

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I know nothing about computers, but Cray was over the other day and decided to plug in his wireless card, and he found 4 strong wireless signals in my kitchen. Looks like I'm cancelling my internet and setting up my office in the kitchen. ;D

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the way i did mine was with the wizard. you set it up on one computer and it'll ask if you to put a floppy disk in. and it'll put some ---- on it haha. and take the floppy to the laptop. and im sure you can take it from there. its pretty simple if you ask me

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Have you put both computers on the same Workgroup?

Sometimes with win98, you have to just leave both computers plugged in for a long time until they can see eachother. If all else fails, go to start-find-computer and type in the other computer's name. Make sure you ahve some shares setup.

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Make sure you have file and printer sharing installed / enabled as well. Like Slo said, you have to setup your shares to be able to see anything. Otherwise, you can access the other computer using \\[computername]\[driveletter]$ <- important. These are administrative shares and are enabled by default on most installations. You will need to provide a username with admin rights and a password to access the share.

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file and printer sharing is selected on both. MSHOME wont show up on new computer. ???

Also when i hit My Network Places on Comp #1 it shows eall of its shared folders. When i do it on comp #2 it shows nothing.

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wow i cant believe no one actually saw this. what hes trying to do is simply connect both of them to eather withought a router.


dude, if you want to do it this way you cannot use just a reguylar network cable. it has to be a cross over cable.

plug them togeather, reastart both of them, and if you have all the network comopnents set to auto ( i dont know how to do most ---- off the top of my head ) but it shuld work flawlessly.

now keep in mind, if you want one or both computers to access the net, you must have 2 network cards in order for this to happen, and set the main one ( with two network cards ) as a proxy server.

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ahhhh... damn Kain. youre the ----. lol So I cant use my blue network cable to plug two comps together without a router. I didnt know that. Ok then problem should be solved tomorrow. I already have a router i just need a 2nd cable... update to follow. :)

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lol. man , you people need to read. t-ro. thats a comoon mistake. its nothing retarted. if you wanna connect two things togeather use a corssover cable. from a modem to a rouder you dont need it. simply because you can plug a modem directly to a computer. but from a router to a router and a hub, you will need a corssover cable. now there are sum ( and i mean sometimes meaning it hapens 50% of the time ) you wont need a corss over cable to connect a router to a hub. but as far as i know the only way to connect two routers is via a corss over cable and ----.

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Worked fine. I had a Cat 5 cable in the garage. All i did was plug it in to the router and viola! Everything is networked.
Thanks again

now to figure out how to get my wireless laptop on the network...