How Do I Setup A Home Network

[silentC]

Hold the two plugs together head to head and if any of the colours line up, it's a crossover cable.

[Cliff Rogers]

Erk.... Ignore most of what has been said already....
Some of it is correct but a lot of it isn't.

1. Get the first computer on the net with the ISDN NT4.

Do NOT dick around with anything else until that works first.

2. Then, once it is working, go to the properties of that connection & set up internet sharing. (Let me know if you need help with that step)

3. Connect the 2 computers via a network crossover cable. They are usually red or have a red connector but if you hold the 2 connectors side by side with the little clip lock away from you & look through the clear plastic shroud, you will be able to see the colours of the wires. If they are in the same order from left to right, it is NOT a crossover cable.

4. If you haven't dicked with all the network settings, the 2nd computer should be now able to see the internet automagicly. If you have dicked with the network settings, run the network set up wizard & select the option that says "This computer connects to the Internet via a residential gateway or another computer on my network"

It all should work now... but, if you have had a good old dick around with the network setting on the 1st computer, you may have to run the network set up wizard on it again too.

The only hidden gotchas that I know of are firewalls on the computer sharing the connection. The standard Windows firewall works fine, Zone Alarm has problems. I have never been able to convince Zone Alarm to share an Internet connection on a LAN (local area network ) successfully.
I can get it to allow the main computer out to the Internet & onto the LAN & I've been able to get it to allow the other computers on the LAN to access file & print sharing on the main computer but not the shared Internet connection.
Zone Alarm runs fine on the other computers on the LAN.

Hope that helps.

PS. Sorry if I have stepped on anybody's toes.

[echnidna]

thanks all I'll have a play later coz I gotta go make sawdust right now

[MurrayD99]

I didn't think XP home-edition had networking functionality.....

[echnidna]

Both pc's connect to the internet
Ran the setup wizard on both pc's
The server won't even show an icon for mshome
The other pc does show both pc's in mshome the other pc comes up with the message in the pic when I click the server

[Cliff Rogers]

I didn't think XP home-edition had networking functionality.....

Limited, will do peer to peer & internet sharing but can't be put on a domain.

[Cliff Rogers]

Both pc's connect to the internet
Ran the setup wizard on both pc's
The server won't even show an icon for mshome
The other pc does show both pc's in mshome the other pc comes up with the message in the pic when I click the server

OK, you have connectivity so it ain't hardware.
Run the wixards again, make sure you have file & printer sharing turned on & then on each PC, go to the properties of the HDD & go to the sharing tab & share the HDD.

[echnidna]

done that - no difference

[Gumby]

That pic makes a difference. I didn;t think you could see the 2 comps when you click 'View Workgroup computers" but you can. So, the settings are OK and I'd be saying that no drive or folder is set as shared but I think you said it was.

If that's the case, it's got me beaten but it has happened at work. A reboot fixed it.

[echnidna]

tried that too - no difference

[chrisb691]

This might be helpful. http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ilesharing.htm

[Cliff Rogers]

tried that too - no difference

$80/Hr including travel time, I can be there next Turesday.

[celeste]

Hi all

A stupid Question maybe - are you sure the 2nd computer (with no icon) has a network card installed.?

Celeste

[Gumby]

Hi all

A stupid Question maybe - are you sure the 2nd computer (with no icon) has a network card installed.?

Celeste

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It would be a pretty good computer to be on the internet without one

[celeste]

Theres an inbuilt Lan on the motherboard.
Haven't got broadband only isdn which means I must use a NT4 modem.

Hi all

It would be a pretty good computer to be on the internet without one

I was on the internet without one dialup and when we moved into the new house broadband, had to buy one when I had them networked.

Celeste