winme to xp lan connection

[kenboyles72]

i cant seem to get a connection. i know my nics are good and my cat5 cable is good, but i cant connect to each pc. my status says im connected. when i try to ping my winme pc i get host unreachable. i turned off firewall on xp pc but still nothing. ive been out of the network scene for awhile and im probably just overlooking something. maybe someones just going to have to walk me through this before i take a bat after both of them.

[vikeor]

im no network master, but try setting up the IPs manually to like 192.168.0.100 and 192.168.0.101 with a gateway 255.255.255.0... sometimes XP gets fussy with these things.


might work...

[kenboyles72]

hey ^, i tried that and lost connectivity, switched back to automatic acquire ip and got connection. but i still cant see either pc, cant ping either pc also. this is bugging the crap out me. ive setup networks before and haven't had near this much trouble. maybe its sp2 or maybe its just me.

[DanU]

Are they plugged into a router? Do you have DCHP enabled on the router to assign the IP addresses? Can you ping the router?

[kenboyles72]

no router, im using crossover cable. found some of my problem. some services were disabled. now if i can only get my pcs to see each other. it shows local area connection is connected.

[John Prophet]

you might have to set the WinME machine to have the "primary network logon" to "client for microsoft networks"

right click "my network places"/properties and youll see it

[kenboyles72]

you might have to set the WinME machine to have the "primary network logon" to "client for microsoft networks"

right click "my network places"/properties and youll see it

it is set to client for microsoft networks. at first when i pinged the winme pc, i was getting host unreachable, now im getting request time out. so im getting closer. also i set the winme pc to obtain ip automatically and it was getting an ip of 169.xxx.xxx.xxx the xp pc had a range of 169.xxx.xxx.xxx so i manually set the ip for the me pc.

[meese]

post an "ipconfig /all" from the xp machine, and a "winipcfg" from the Me machine.

[Bill in SD, CA]

Networking between WindowsXP and Windows95/98/ME


Bill in SD, CA

[kenboyles72]

here you go.

http://www40.brinkster.com/kenboyles72

[meese]

Your ip addresses are on different subnets. 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.1.101. Make the 192.168.0.1 this 192.168.1.102 and see what happens.

And make sure the workgroup name is the same on both pc's.

[kenboyles72]

changed the ip, still nothing.

[John Prophet]

did you change the workgroup name so they matched?


on the xp machine....are the "computer browser" and "server" services set on "auto"? if not try em on auto by running "services.msc" and setting them etc


also of course on the xp machione check and make sure "client for microsoft networks" is installed.....I suppose it is in the same place or close as where you checked on the Me box.....we had this huge thread once trying to fix a guys issue and it was that his XP box was missing "client for microsoft windows" (which I never thought of)

[kenboyles72]

browser was set to auto, server was set to manual but was running. workgroups are both mshome. client for microsoft windows is installed.

[John Prophet]

and your SURE u got a crossover cable??

or do you just have a straight cable????

[kenboyles72]

yeah its crossover, did it myself

[John Prophet]

hmmmmm

"did it myself"


maybe you should try another one for the heck of it

[kenboyles72]

according to my diagram its right
http://www40.brinkster.com/kenboyles72

on one end of the crossover cable its wired straight, the other is wired crossover(or null)

[John Prophet]

I would make another cable though just for kicks...in case one of the contacts isnt great or something

[kenboyles72]

remade connections, no change.