cannot get a 2nd pc to see the ISC

[printwhiz]

I cannot get a 2nd pc on my home network to see the internet connection. I have tried everything(ie. residential gateway and both connected directly to my 5-port hub). Could my ethernet card be bad??... is there a way to test it before I buy a new network card??..


TIA folks.

 

[pmonett]

If you're worried about your NIC, then before the Internet you should concern yourself with simply pinging the other PC.
You say you have 2 PCs, can both "see" each other ? Do you have shared disks on both that can be seen by the other ?

If your PCs can participate in normal LAN activity, then your card is not at fault. If the PCs cannot share information, then you probably still have a setup issue. You might want to try removing all network components entirely from the PC that doesn't network, and rebooting to reinstall them correctly.

I have been using network cards for the past 10 years, and I have yet to find one that doesn't work. Of course, I'm not saying it can't happen, but I do believe that it is rather rare.

Pascal.

 

[printwhiz]

I am REALLY new to "networking".. so.. NO I havent pinged the other PC. How is that done again, Ive been told before but it's been so long I dont remember.. also I havent gotten as far as setting up any "shared discs"..

 

[pmonett]

Just load up the cmd app from the Run option and ping the IP of the other PC. To know the IP of a PC, run the cmd app and enter the command ipconfig.

As for sharing discs, you can easily do that through the Windows Explorer (right-click on the disk to share).

Pascal.

 

[Williamc1977]

For some1 thats new to networking the best bet to see if your other network card is faulty is by sharing hdisk for both computer and see can you see each other hdisk on my network place, If you dont see each other disk make sure that both your networkgroup are set the same, All my computer in my network are set to MSHOME but WinXp default is set to WORKGROUP

 

[bygeek]

Are you using a router? Typically a hub will allow you to network, but won't share the internet because the gateway is only supplying one IP address. That's why you need a router - it will re-assign an internal IP address to each computer.