Mistamist
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Right i have 2 computers and a laptop and a belkin ADSL router, my bedroom pc is connected to the router via CAT5, the laptop and downstairs pc is connected wirelessly.
i want to be able to access any file from any pc/laptop, i can connect all of them to the internet, but i cant get them to connect to each other. they are using DHCP from the router.
they are all running XP.
where do i start?
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Joff
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Once all my clients were on the same subnet, they all popped up within Local Network in Windows.
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Mistamist
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subnet meaning 255.255.255.0 ?
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Nismo
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run the Home Networking Wizard and select these machines are connected to a network that doesnt have an internet connection - once rebooted they will all find the internet connection as its DHCP / NAT.
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Mistamist
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u2u sent
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Dom
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set up static ips between all of the computers to the router, then make sure those static ips are in the allow port section of your firewall on your pc/lappys and then make sure all of the subnet masks are the same (IE: 255.255.255.0 etc).
The go start > Run > type cmd, then type Ping "static ip of one of the systems" and see if you can connect to it 
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Joff
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quote:
Originally posted by M15T XE
subnet meaning 255.255.255.0 ?
Well more along the lines of the differences between 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.1.1
My router and modem's on x.x.0.x where the PCs, Xbox's, etc are on x.x.1.x took me ages to get one of my Xbox's on the network because it's going through the NIC in my PC and had an IP on the 0 subnet.
Sorted it now, somehow... just got to make sure I don't change the settings! 
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Joff
quote:
Originally posted by M15T XE
subnet meaning 255.255.255.0 ?
Well more along the lines of the differences between 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.1.1
My router and modem's on x.x.0.x where the PCs, Xbox's, etc are on x.x.1.x took me ages to get one of my Xbox's on the network because it's going through the NIC in my PC and had an IP on the 0 subnet.
Sorted it now, somehow... just got to make sure I don't change the settings!
aye, different ip ranges will also cause the systems to not see you, although they are being dished out one by the DHCP server....but eitherway, get static ips on the system...because it makes it alot easier to hunt down problems etc
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net_freak
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its simple, share what ever folder you want, also put all the computers in the same work group
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drunkenfool
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yeah make sure they are all in the same workgroup. Only go to static IPs as a last resort, as your router should be automatically assigning the right ones anyway. Can you ping the other computers on your network?
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Ian
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The router is assigning IP via DHCP anyway, so no worries there, aside from checking they get the sames ones when they reboot. They usually do, the leases are quite long.
Joff, you want 255.255.0.0 for that probem with the Xbox.
If you're confident, go static but its not necessary, right click My Computer, Properties, Network Identification tab or whatever its called in your version of windows, make sure the workgroup name is consistent across both machines then give the computers names also.
Then go to one and do a Start -> Run and type in the name of the other preceeded by two slashes, ie. if you're sitting at apple, type '\\orange'
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