Paranormal Member 469 Member For: 21y 3m 10d Location: Brissy Posted 09/02/04 08:40 AM Share Posted 09/02/04 08:40 AM If DNS is still not working log onto the net to your service provider the go to command prompt type ipconfig /allWrite down DNS server addresses and put them in the lappy aswell as your gateway addy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 1m 24d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 09/02/04 08:44 AM Share Posted 09/02/04 08:44 AM Ok a few pointers - If your router is 192.168.0.1 and DHCP isnt working hard code your lappy to say 192.168.0.2 and desktop to 192.168.0.3 Forget about internet for now. Just check you can now ping both the desktop and the router. Share a folder on both the lappy and desktop and see if you can see each PC and shared folder in network Neighberhood. If you cant your prolly running on different workgroup names, XP Home is a bit@h it will default to MSHOME and 98 will default to Workgroup.ALSO VERY IMPORTANT when you boot up the laptop if networking is setup ok you should get a username password box DO NOT press cancel or hit escape, youll get into windows if you do but wont be able to access nothing or ping other addresses you must log in ANY username and password will do 98 doesnt care. And under networks / tcp/ip setting use 192.168.0.1 as gateway address and DNS.Then try opening a command window and if you can ping 192.168.0.1 cool, now try pinging say www.bigpond.comIf you get back an error host name unkown or similar DNS is not working try ping 144.135.18.32If this works you do have net access but DNS resolution not working. PM me if still not working and please post results so we can learn something too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranormal Member 469 Member For: 21y 3m 10d Location: Brissy Posted 09/02/04 09:20 AM Share Posted 09/02/04 09:20 AM One other thing whatever, if you used to connect your lappy to your PC you were prolly using a crossover cable, check your cable you cannot use that cable to connect to the hub/router, pull out each cable and compare the colours left to right going into the connetor at each end of the cable, they should be in the same order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickq Member 740 Member For: 21y 7m 12d Posted 09/02/04 01:06 PM Share Posted 09/02/04 01:06 PM One other thing whatever, if you used to connect your lappy to your PC you were prolly using a crossover cable, check your cable you cannot use that cable to connect to the hub/router, pull out each cable and compare the colours left to right going into the connetor at each end of the cable, they should be in the same order. Is it a hub or a router? (Or if both, what is it configured as?). They are two very different animals.As Im sure you know, a hib will transmit everything it recieves to all ports. A router or switch wont. In the case of a switch it will transmit to all ports if it doesnt have the address in its table, and once it gets a reply it will remember that port X can be used to send info to a certain IP address. Routers need to be configured. Often by default they will block everything.He may need to configure the router by telnetting to it (or maybe via a web based GUI) to tell it that everything that comes in looking for a certain IP address should be routet out the cat 5 cable to the PC at the other end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooch Member 256 Member For: 20y 10m Location: Adelaide Posted 09/02/04 09:49 PM Share Posted 09/02/04 09:49 PM awwwwww I'm touched....whatever - do u have msn...I'll help u setup a wireless link....its not that hard.the first thing u need ot do is get teh basic tihngs working - such as sharing a folder on the PC and getting the lappy to see that - make sure your on teh sane workgroup and u've got the ip domain set as 192.168.0.1 on the desktop pc...which I'm gueessing is the one with the net....and then set the lappy's IP as 192.168.0.<numebr between 2 and 255)....if u use the windows network setup wizard...it should do it all for u.....if u want a blow by blow rundown I'll write it all up 4 ya and post screen shots.....but not right now......got teh adeliade T cruise!! byeeeeee!!hey.......I can see u........your desk is across from mine..........??? what u talkin about fool..... so which team are you in?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voy74656 voy74656 Member 2,039 Member For: 21y 17d Location: Adelaide Posted 09/02/04 10:35 PM Share Posted 09/02/04 10:35 PM .....team......hmmmmm....u know 2 much....Ben Dempster......I'm the one whose a walking ford billboard.....today I'm wearing my Ford hat and my black xr8 shirt.....if u see me u've gotta say a secret code so I know tis u......it can be...hmmmm......"Ken's love child".........no.......to simple.....hmmmm....."TURBO FREAK!!!" yes..that'll do nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakrzy Member 32 Member For: 21y 1m 28d Location: Melbourne Posted 09/02/04 11:53 PM Share Posted 09/02/04 11:53 PM Had a similar prob networking a wireless card lappie to a desktop connected to optuscable, and hence internet.Both computers using XP,could talk to each other but the lappie couldnt get on internet.Manually assigned IP addresses as per paranormal's advice, didn't fixLowered firewall security from highest setting to medium (I'm using Zonealarm) Prob solved.Then lost ability to get server connection a month or so later,You need to have the service providers IP address rather than "mail" in you setup, optus were not keen to give it out until I finally got a service dude who knew what service ment!Hope this helps.Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 1m 24d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 10/02/04 09:09 AM Share Posted 10/02/04 09:09 AM (edited) There's some good info starting to flow here so lets keep this on topic or I'll have to start trimming the irrelevant stuff. Remember new topic = new threadIf you want to chat use PM, email, MSN, or the phone.... PLEASE. Edited 10/02/04 09:12 AM by richdave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voy74656 voy74656 Member 2,039 Member For: 21y 17d Location: Adelaide Posted 10/02/04 09:13 AM Share Posted 10/02/04 09:13 AM sorry.......hijacking is just becoming 2nd nature now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatever Member 76 Member For: 21y 4m 23d Location: Brisbane Posted 10/02/04 10:13 AM Author Share Posted 10/02/04 10:13 AM Ok a few pointers - If your router is 192.168.0.1 and DHCP isnt working hard code your lappy to say 192.168.0.2 and desktop to 192.168.0.3 Forget about internet for now. Just check you can now ping both the desktop and the router. Share a folder on both the lappy and desktop and see if you can see each PC and shared folder in network Neighberhood. If you cant your prolly running on different workgroup names, XP Home is a bit@h it will default to MSHOME and 98 will default to Workgroup.ALSO VERY IMPORTANT when you boot up the laptop if networking is setup ok you should get a username password box DO NOT press cancel or hit escape, youll get into windows if you do but wont be able to access nothing or ping other addresses you must log in ANY username and password will do 98 doesnt care. And under networks / tcp/ip setting use 192.168.0.1 as gateway address and DNS.Then try opening a command window and if you can ping 192.168.0.1 cool, now try pinging say www.bigpond.comIf you get back an error host name unkown or similar DNS is not working try ping 144.135.18.32If this works you do have net access but DNS resolution not working. PM me if still not working Paranormal, Thanks for the info.I have tried most thing you said, to no success.I will try and ping my desktop instead of the router and see what happens.Right now the laptop is using windows login, should I change it to microsoft network.Will post result later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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