Connecting 2 PCs

[dushkin]

Hi.

I am trying to connect my laptop to my server
over an home ehternet lan. They are both win
professional (not win server) machines and
the servcer is set up with oracle. I am trying
to get the laptop to access the oracle database
on the server but am having problems. when i run
ipconfig, in each case the computers cannot see
eachother but can see ethemselves. In both cases,
I see that IP routing is not enabled, DHCP is
enabled, there is no default gateway and, in the
case of the server, no DNS server.

Thanks in advance.

Peter

 

[CMASPE]

Can you ping the other machines IP?? both in the same workgroup? running client for M$ networks???? If you like my post let me know if I blow an answer...well it's probably late and I have had too many beers! Cheers!!

 

[dushkin]

no, i cannot ping the other machine. they only recognize their own IPs.

 

[GiaBetiu]

Hey,
If you have just two PCs why are you using DHCP? Then one of them should be DHCP server! And a DHCP server should have a FIXED address! Gia Betiu
m.betiu@chello.nl
Computer Eng. CNE 4, CNE 5

 

[dfelix121]

I just had the same problem.... Are you using a crossover cable?

 

[dushkin]

no. I actually got them working by setting each
machines IP address to:
192.168.0.1 and
...2

hope this helps...

 

[GiaBetiu]

If you have fixed addresses, that's OK ( I don't know what you mean saying that you have DHCP enabled!).
Try
ping localhost (this will tell you if TCP/IP stack is loaded correctly)
ping <ip_addr_2> (ping the ip address of the other one)
-if it is not working, then you have a problem with the cable or the network card(s). Gia Betiu
m.betiu@chello.nl
Computer Eng. CNE 4, CNE 5

 

[dushkin]

OK Thanks.
Yes, the DHCP server was not on. Sorry for the misinfo.
i solved the problem as described above (by reseting my
IP addresses). Thanks again for all your help.