OT: Need Help With Home Networking

Atrocities · #1 July 15th, 2004, 02:19 AM

Hello,

I want to connect my HP xp System to my Win2k system via my data link hub. Before I had DSL the system worked find. I could share files without problem. But now that the hub is being used as a remote link to the DSL modem, I no longer can access information on the win2k system.

I tried the network set up wizard, but I don't think it worked, or does not work for what I need it to do.

Can any one offer a suggestion?

Thanks.

narf poit chez BOOM · #2 July 15th, 2004, 02:22 AM

Some form of headache medicine. We've pretty much given up on keeping the home lan up unless we really need it and our hub is our internet too.

No idea how my dad gets it working.

[ July 15, 2004, 01:24: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

Suicide Junkie · #3 July 15th, 2004, 02:36 AM

"I no longer can access information on the win2k system."

Do you mean it is a one-way problem or something else?

QBrigid · #4 July 15th, 2004, 02:38 AM

Won't the XP write your network LAN protocalls to a disk for another System?

[ July 15, 2004, 01:39: Message edited by: QBrigid ]

Slynky · #5 July 15th, 2004, 02:44 AM

I'm probably off base here but this is my thought (and maybe I was similar to your situation):

Before, we had 4 PCs hooked up on the hub for home networking. At that time, we had dial-up (ugh!). But dial-up had nothing to do with the hub.

Then we got cable (same as DSL...just a different "brand").

At this point, a hub, by strict definition, couldn't handle things. So, I replaced it with a router. One port on the router connects to the cable (or in your case, DSL). The other ports connect to the PCs to share the DSL connection.

So, all our PCs have broadband access AND connectivity to each other.

Does this help any?

Atrocities · #6 July 15th, 2004, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
"I no longer can access information on the win2k system."

Do you mean it is a one-way problem or something else?

Two way. Before I could access info from either machine. Now I cannot. I think it has to do with the hub also acting as the ISP interface. IE both machines wired into it, and it into the Modem.

Also both PC do have access to the internet independantly of one another.

[ July 15, 2004, 02:30: Message edited by: Atrocities ]