Cancel Panic
Problem solved.........till next time....
Many thanks
Brian

"KiwiBrian" <briantoz@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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> "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <maven@mvps.org> wrote in message
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>> In article <dkoidh$oig$1@lust.ihug.co.nz>, "KiwiBrian"
>> <briantoz@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
>>>If I connect 3 XP SP2 PCs to a ethernet Hub (SOHO-8 brand) and run the
>>>Network Setup Wizard on each, giving the correct answers to the Wizard in
>>>each case, what IP Addresses will be given to the 2 slaves and where do
>>>they
>>>come from?
>>
>> Since you say there are slave computers, I assume that there's a
>> master computer.
>>
>> If the master computer is configured for Internet Connection Sharing,
>> it will run a DHCP server that assigns 192.168.0.x addresses to the
>> slaves.
>>
>> If there's no DHCP server on the network, the computers will assign
>> themselves automatic private IP addresses in the 169.254.x.x range.
>>
>>>Should this be all that is necessary to get the network going, assuming
>>>the
>>>right cables, and that the firewalls have been turned off?
>>>Brian Tozer
>>
>> I can't answer that without knowing exactly how the network is set up
>> and what answers you gave to the Wizard.
>>
>> I recommend not turning off firewalls. If you have a third-party
>> firewall program (Norton, Symantec, PC-cillin, ZoneAlarm, etc), turn
>> it on and configure it to allow access by other computers on the local
>> area network. Otherwise, turn on the Windows Firewall and allow
>> exceptions for file and printer sharing.
>
> Thanks very much Steve.
> I have never seen that info anywhere.
> Now for the next step.
> My Master actually has 2 slaves.
> One works perfectly with internet sharing, and file sharing both ways.
> The second one can see the Master, and be seen, altho sometimes there is a
> 15 second delay before the Master can see it.
> However the main problem is that this slave cannot access the internet via
> the Master, even with its Firewall turned off, and as far as I can see,
> set up similarly to the good slave. I run the Wizard but to no avail.
> The bad slave just says that it cannot access the internet when offline,
> and when I tell it to go online it brings up the dialogue box to dial the
> internet.
> Hoping that you can help me with this as well.
> Thanks
> Brian.
>