Re: networking

On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:55:03 -0800, "adradon" <adradon@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I am trying to network two PCs through a switch. I have limited or no
>connectivity on the host. I get no error messages on the client. Apparently
>DHCP is not working, when I try to repair the connecton, it says it can't
>repair because of the IP address. I tried to assign a static IP but still no
>go. I'm running xp pro on the host and xp home on the client. The switch
>shows connectivity. I can ping the host from the client, but can't ping the
>client from the host. We have DSL Internet connection. I had this setup up
>and running a couple of years ago with xp pro on the host and win 98 on the
>client and it all worked great. I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks

This is generally a case of a corrupted LSP / Winsock.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-layer-in.html

Please let us know if any of these suggestions are of any help. What you learn
may help others in the future, and that's the purpose of these forums.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
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I had just reloaded win xp pro (see previous reply) and I am getting the same
results with both the original setup and now. I am thinking possibly has to
do with the adsl internet we now have. When I try to setup the home network,
it changes the adsl network part from dhcp to assigned ip addresses (running
the nework wizard) which is supposed to be set on "obtain an ip address
automatically" even though I'm running the wizard on the the network card
for the home network, not the card for the adsl. This has happened three or
four times now. And every time I run the wizard, the host computer is set
back to "this computer is connected to the internet through another computer"
instead of "this computer is connected directly to the interent".

"Chuck" wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:55:03 -0800, "adradon" <adradon@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I am trying to network two PCs through a switch. I have limited or no
> >connectivity on the host. I get no error messages on the client. Apparently
> >DHCP is not working, when I try to repair the connecton, it says it can't
> >repair because of the IP address. I tried to assign a static IP but still no
> >go. I'm running xp pro on the host and xp home on the client. The switch
> >shows connectivity. I can ping the host from the client, but can't ping the
> >client from the host. We have DSL Internet connection. I had this setup up
> >and running a couple of years ago with xp pro on the host and win 98 on the
> >client and it all worked great. I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks
>
> This is generally a case of a corrupted LSP / Winsock.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-layer-in.html
>
> Please let us know if any of these suggestions are of any help. What you learn
> may help others in the future, and that's the purpose of these forums.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck mvps org.
>