Max Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 Hmm, I have been trying to fix this damn thing all morning, but no luck. Last night, I connected my laptop to my ntlb0x (it supplies internet connection via x-over cable). This was working fine and the next day, I decided to connect my laptop back on to the lan to put some files upon it. This is where the problem came up, I connected laptop up and it seemed to send out data but not receive any, also, no data was being received by my main pc. I wondered wtf could be up and thought it might be a busted cable (I have a peer to peer network as I only had 2 computers until a few days ago) I connected it up to my old c333 that has win2k and everything was working fine. There was no problem with my main pc or the cable, the problem must be with the laptop. After messing around with settings for ages, trying to repair the connection etc I am totally stuck, I can think of nothing more to do. I was wondering if anyone knows wtf could be wrong, or more likely, a way to totally reset the networking settings on my laptop so i can start again from scratch. btw, both laptop and main pc are on winxp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted May 25, 2002 Author Share Posted May 25, 2002 save me, i cannot fix this! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazydesert Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 this kind of situation is difficult to troubleshoot with words. . . you could remove the adapter and have xp find it again, this will reset the network settings. . . make sure you have ipx installed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 Why does he need ipx installed? That's not going to solve any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazydesert Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 they arent going to talk to each other with out ipx installed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geronimo Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 lazydesert That is not true. dont install IPX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazydesert Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 Originally posted by Geronimo lazydesert That is not true. dont install IPX. my bad :disappoin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted May 25, 2002 Author Share Posted May 25, 2002 hmm, i removed in device manager and reinstalled , but the same problem is still there. i installed ipx, but it did nothing, i dont think that is the problem as it was working before without. such a strange problem, i have upgraded to latest drivers for network card also, nothing seems to fix :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_daemon Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 IPX Sucks. Use TCP/IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 Moved to Network Support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geronimo Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 Have tried giving your laptop a static ip and see if that helps you out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intensityx Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 run ipconfig /all at the command prompt on both your machines...Make sure both machines are on the same subnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unimatrixzer0 Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 Isn't IPX part of that novell shizzle.. ? ::shudders:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intensityx Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 Originally posted by unimatrixzer0 Isn't IPX part of that novell shizzle.. ? ::shudders:: IPX is for novell netware...it's not necessary to have it installed on a windows only network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypercube Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 Ever try the networking wizard in xp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron P Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 First test your basic network connectivity between the two laptops. I am assuming that you have checked the physical connections b/w the machines. In Windows XP, if you are using your PC to share the Internet connection, as SyS_Reactor says the Networking Wizard should set this up for you. Open My Network Places and run the option (on both machines): Setup a home or small office network Once this is complete test that you can PING your PC from the laptop: run a Command Prompt on the laptopn and type ping x.x.x.x Where x.x.x.x is the IP address of your PC. If this does not work then you will need to ensure that both machines have TCP/IP configured correctly. TCP/IP should be setup OK on the PC so try setting a static address on the laptop. Ensure that both machines are running IP addresses in the same range (subnet, and assuming both machines are running TCP/IP). eg IP Address Subnet Mask 192.168.0.1 / 255.255.255.0 and 192.168.0.2 / 255.255.255.0 Assuming that the PC is OK and is using the address 192.168.0.1 use the following configuration on the laptop: IP Address: 192.168.0.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 DNS: 192.168.0.1 Then go back and try the PING test again. If that still doesn't work, then you might be looking at a physical problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted May 26, 2002 Author Share Posted May 26, 2002 thanks so much agenta, setting the ips to what you said did the trick, thanks thanks thanks, i owe you one :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron P Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 No probs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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