Hi guys
I am fairly new to networking and have ran into a couple of problems already, I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction.
I have recently bought a new Laptop and want to network it to my main pc via a crossover Ethernet cable. My main Pc is running Windows Xp Home and the laptop is runing Xp Pro. The problem I have is.... when I enable my Ethernet card I am able to share folders and ping both machines (which is great) but I loose my Internet connection. Then when I disable the Ethernet card, My Internet connection comes back to the main pc. But I loose the network and am unable to ping either computer.
Both Machines have the windows firewall disabled and are running Zone Alarm, I have added both computers to the WORKGROUP but can't understand why I can only have either (the Internet working or the network) but not both together.
Ideally I want to have file sharing and Internet sharing on both Pc's
Any advice will be great
Thanks in advance
Wez
I am fairly new to networking and have ran into a couple of problems already, I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction.
I have recently bought a new Laptop and want to network it to my main pc via a crossover Ethernet cable. My main Pc is running Windows Xp Home and the laptop is runing Xp Pro. The problem I have is.... when I enable my Ethernet card I am able to share folders and ping both machines (which is great) but I loose my Internet connection. Then when I disable the Ethernet card, My Internet connection comes back to the main pc. But I loose the network and am unable to ping either computer.
Both Machines have the windows firewall disabled and are running Zone Alarm, I have added both computers to the WORKGROUP but can't understand why I can only have either (the Internet working or the network) but not both together.
Ideally I want to have file sharing and Internet sharing on both Pc's
Any advice will be great
Thanks in advance
Wez