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Peer to peer networking with windows 2000 1
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tlcscousin
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For a home network of two are you using netbeui ot tcp/ip?
NetBEUI will usually always work.If using tcp/ip your settings have to be right.You would pretty well have to set static addresses.If they generate their own on boot if one is put in a different subnet they wont see each other.
NetBEUI will usually always work.If using tcp/ip your settings have to be right.You would pretty well have to set static addresses.If they generate their own on boot if one is put in a different subnet they wont see each other.
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tlcscousin
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you could set the gateway to point to the other machine as well when you set the addresses statically.Also if you are running a firewall and anti-virus this can stop communications between the two.If you do have them disable them and see if it helps.If not using third party software or surfing the net they wont be needed until you do surf.Norton recommends setting security to its lowest when first hooking up and once it can connect then being able to raise the security settings.
Anyone know of a way to connect 2 machines via crossover WITHOUT using NetBEUI? I had a couple of older OS systems networked and they were extremely quick. I am now networking a 2K machine to a 98, and with NetBEUI it seems much slower. My buddies at work say that NetBEUI does a lot of useless talking over the network that decreased the performance. Any solutions? (I did set static IPs and can ping the 98 machine but not the 2K)
tlcscousin
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Make a default gateway pointing to the other machine.
IP 172.16.101.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 172.16.101.3
Other machine
IP 172.16.101.3 255.255.255.0 172.16.101.2
The gateway should not have to be set but this way it then points to the other machine.
Try an ipcongig /all and make sure they are both showing as set the way you want and be aware that if you are running a firewall and have the security set medium or high it could be causing them not to communicate.
Norton says to set at lowest setting until they can communicate and then you should be able to boost it up. I havent tried it yet but i will have to right now my w2k cant see my server unless i disable the firewall and i havent bothered to set it back up i just boot to another os and do my networking stuff.
IP 172.16.101.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 172.16.101.3
Other machine
IP 172.16.101.3 255.255.255.0 172.16.101.2
The gateway should not have to be set but this way it then points to the other machine.
Try an ipcongig /all and make sure they are both showing as set the way you want and be aware that if you are running a firewall and have the security set medium or high it could be causing them not to communicate.
Norton says to set at lowest setting until they can communicate and then you should be able to boost it up. I havent tried it yet but i will have to right now my w2k cant see my server unless i disable the firewall and i havent bothered to set it back up i just boot to another os and do my networking stuff.
shovel204--
your response made perfect sense. I tried what you said, checked via ipconfig, but still no luck. One peculiar thing, I cannot ping the 2000 machine? Only the 98. My card is working fine according to the device manager. (And it worked fine with NetBEUI.)
your response made perfect sense. I tried what you said, checked via ipconfig, but still no luck. One peculiar thing, I cannot ping the 2000 machine? Only the 98. My card is working fine according to the device manager. (And it worked fine with NetBEUI.)
tlcscousin
Technical User
Go to my network places in the W2K machine and uninstall all the networking stuff dont allow a reboot until it all uninstalled. Then reboot and it will probably reinstall them all as soon as it picks up the NIC.If not manually add them back in.
Does the W2K machine ping the loopback 127.0.0.1
Does the W2K machine ping the loopback 127.0.0.1
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