ok .. back to square one again ..

wireless network .. now running broadband from nthell

i can not get the 2 computers to see each other , i have tried to assign an ip addy to each and ping .. but getting nowhere .. have tried the active x proxy prog but no working

each pc is connected to the wireless network but thats about it ..

both systems are xp pro got 2 cards on an ad hoc network ..

it worked for a while now its given up

 

Hello m8.

You have 2 wireless cards in each PC ? What's the signal strength on each card ? Are both PC's connected to the same network ? When you assigned both pc's different ip addy's, did you also make sure the subnet mask was the same ? 255.255.255.0 ? What NTHell modem have you got ? USB or Ethernet ?

 

hi mate ..... i'm baaaaaaaccckkkkkk

ethernet modem...
Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet card...
belkin 802.11g wireless cards...
subnet is the same on both...
main is 192.168.0.1...
other is 192.168.0.5...
full signal on both cards on an ad-hoc network...
second pc connects to the wireless network but i can not ping either ip addy from the other pc's ...

tried for ages .. turned off firewalls etc made no difference..

i cant take the strain

 

Right, here's what I suggest

Uninstall all software for both cards from both machines.

Then, on the main pc, install the software for the card, and set up the network.

IP address, 192.168.0.1 subnet mask 255.255.255.0. Call the computer Eagle, and the network as RS. Then restart the PC. Once restarted, open the network adapter, and make sure it's set to infrastructure.

PC 2, install the software, give it the ip 192.168.0. subnet mask 255.255.255.0. Call the pc Saph, and make sure it's set to connect to the RS network. Reboot the PC, then, once rebooted, set it to infrastructure as well, and see if it pick's up the network.

The main PC has to set up the network, and the 2nd one simply just has to connect to it. I have spent ages with Tony Turbo doing this, and eventually got it working




Only for the damn CPU to overheat and burn a hole in it

 

ok .. i have tried all of this and basically given up ... it now wants to add my main pc to the network that does not exist so it wont add it i cant get rid of the old network and start again ... sodding thing.....

 

Bring it all to Kent then m8

 

ermmmmmmmmmmm

 

PMSL, i don't understand how you've messed it up Everything i've gone through should get it working, unless there's a possible fault. Does it not even detect a network available ?

 

i uninstalled everything as you said .. but now i need to add a network .. thing is it still remembers the old network name .. so i can not create a new one????

 

You should be able to rename or create a new network m8 and connect to that