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by **richardgibbins2001** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:49 pm

i have been trying to set up a network in my ome all afternoon to no avail between my pc and my housemates laptop. the signal only seems to be going one way - i can ping his laptop, however i cannot see it or anything on it from my pc, and he cannot see my pc from laptop. ICS has been enabled from the pc, which registers as being on on the laptop (he can see if it is/isnt connected, speed etc) but cannot actually access the net through internet explorer, and cannot ping my pc from the laptop. we both are using XP and a network with a HUB. has anyone got any ideas as to what to do?? ive been working for 8 hours, and neither me or a friend who actually knows about computers can think of anything to do to get it sorted. all cables have been checked, and are working, as id the HUB, and all power cables are workin. the network card in the pc is fine, but dunno about the laptop as is built in. anyone got any ideas??? Cheers

by **CaptainAnarchy** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 12:22 am

Make sure both computers are on the same work group and have the software and drivers installed for the hub. if you are using a router as the hub make sure that it is set as the base sation not one of your computers try this out an dgive me the results

by **richardgibbins2001** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:45 pm

have tried and still nothing. on another forum they suggested the firewall running on my computer may be the problem. is tehre any way of keeping the firewall (zonealarm) and setting the LAN? as i need the firewall for online as i keep picking up viruses otherwise... cheers

by **CaptainAnarchy** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 5:43 am

Yeah just configure them bot to the same firewall!

by **Gecko** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 11:39 am

In Zonealarm there is a check box for internet connection sharing. Just check this box and follow the instruction from Zonealarm.

by **richardgibbins2001** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:12 pm

now both comps can see each others files, and ping test each other, but internet sharing still isnt working even when the firewall is turned off...any other ideas??

by **Gecko** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 2:05 am

What operating Systems are these two computers?
Have you setup the laptop to use proxy setting to connect to the internet?

by **richardgibbins2001** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:15 pm

yay - got it sorted. the only thing that i wasnt doing b4 was the DNS setting, but now all works fine. what is DNS?

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