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K2
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Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:02 am Post subject:
Network two computers via USB and ethernet |
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Hi, I might be totally wrong on this, but I have an Actiontec GT701
router from Qwest. I had one computer connected via the USB port, and
the other via the ethernet port. They both had no trouble accessing the
internet. And after running the network wizard on both computers within
Windows XP, I was able to network them and share files and folders.
I recently had to do a system recovery on the system connected via USB.
Now it can't see the network anymore even after rerunning the wizard
several times on both computers. The ethernet computer actually picked
up the USB computer on the network neighborhood, but it gets an error
when I click on it.
Is there something I'm missing here? Or is it not really supposed to be
possible to network computers in this way? I swear it was working
before. I noticed that on the network wizard it only recognizes the
ethernet connection, not the USB. Bridging doesn't sound like it would
work because it needs two valid networks.
Let me know if anyone has any insights.
Thanks!
Karl |
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Gene S. Berkowitz
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Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:20 am Post subject:
Re: Network two computers via USB and ethernet |
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In article <1133224799.212552.133950@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
karlkameo@yahoo.com says...
| Quote: | Hi, I might be totally wrong on this, but I have an Actiontec GT701
router from Qwest. I had one computer connected via the USB port, and
the other via the ethernet port. They both had no trouble accessing the
internet. And after running the network wizard on both computers within
Windows XP, I was able to network them and share files and folders.
I recently had to do a system recovery on the system connected via USB.
Now it can't see the network anymore even after rerunning the wizard
several times on both computers. The ethernet computer actually picked
up the USB computer on the network neighborhood, but it gets an error
when I click on it.
Is there something I'm missing here? Or is it not really supposed to be
possible to network computers in this way? I swear it was working
before. I noticed that on the network wizard it only recognizes the
ethernet connection, not the USB. Bridging doesn't sound like it would
work because it needs two valid networks.
Let me know if anyone has any insights.
Thanks!
Karl
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Check the settings of XP's built-in firewall on the machine that was
restored. It's likely blocking access.
Also, do not trust the Network Neighborhood, as it caches computers
it was once connected to. Use ping to test the IP address of each
machine from the other. Are both machines configured for DHCP? What
does IPCONFIG say the IP address of each machine is?
--Gene |
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K2
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Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:20 am Post subject:
Re: Network two computers via USB and ethernet |
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These are all very sensible tips. Thanks, Gene! I'll give it a try and
let you know.
Karl |
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