windows networking hassle

I've just been trying to set up a wireless network: a router (belkin
7630, IP the default 192.168.2.1), and two XP clients, addresses set by
dhcp: EA1 (192.168.2.2; actually a wired connection) and EA2
(192.168.2.3; wireless). The router would normally have an adsl uplink,
but this isn't connected yet; EA1 has an existing dial-up internet link,
which I'm not interested in sharing with the rest of the LAN. As this
is on behalf of a local charity, I don't have ready access to tinker,
and really need to go back with a ready solution :-(

Anyway, the link-level networking looks fine, and the wireless connected
up first time. The problem is as follows:

EA1 and EA2 can ping the router. EA2 can ping EA1. EA1 cannot ping
EA2, getting timeouts every time.

EA2 can access shares on EA1 without problem. EA1 gets a "possibly no
privilege"-type error when trying to access shares on EA2 -- currently
even when trying to browse the local network, although at one point I
did get a listing of machines on the LAN, I don't now. EA1 can access
itself via "my networking places" though.

Routing on EA1 (netstat -nr) looked OK afaicr (I don't have a note of
the settings though, so can't post them). On EA1, "arp -a" showed an
entry for EA2.

Disabling XP's firewall didn't make any difference.

I'm wondering if the presence of the dial-up connection (even though not
acually dialed-in) is fouling things up, although I can't see how.

I'm sure I'm missing something painfully obvious; if anyone can suggest
what, I'd be very grateful!


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hi mike
mike in chruchgate here:

try these:

http://www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
http://www.ezlan.net/

mike

"Mike Scott" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've just been trying to set up a wireless network: a router (belkin
> 7630, IP the default 192.168.2.1), and two XP clients, addresses set by
> dhcp: EA1 (192.168.2.2; actually a wired connection) and EA2
> (192.168.2.3; wireless). The router would normally have an adsl uplink,
> but this isn't connected yet; EA1 has an existing dial-up internet link,
> which I'm not interested in sharing with the rest of the LAN. As this
> is on behalf of a local charity, I don't have ready access to tinker,
> and really need to go back with a ready solution :-(
>
> Anyway, the link-level networking looks fine, and the wireless connected
> up first time. The problem is as follows:
>
> EA1 and EA2 can ping the router. EA2 can ping EA1. EA1 cannot ping
> EA2, getting timeouts every time.
>
> EA2 can access shares on EA1 without problem. EA1 gets a "possibly no
> privilege"-type error when trying to access shares on EA2 -- currently
> even when trying to browse the local network, although at one point I
> did get a listing of machines on the LAN, I don't now. EA1 can access
> itself via "my networking places" though.
>
> Routing on EA1 (netstat -nr) looked OK afaicr (I don't have a note of
> the settings though, so can't post them). On EA1, "arp -a" showed an
> entry for EA2.
>
> Disabling XP's firewall didn't make any difference.
>
> I'm wondering if the presence of the dial-up connection (even though not
> acually dialed-in) is fouling things up, although I can't see how.
>
> I'm sure I'm missing something painfully obvious; if anyone can suggest
> what, I'd be very grateful!
>
>
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> Please use the corrected version of the address below for replies.
> Replies to the header address will be junked, as will mail from
> various domains listed at www.scottsonline.org.uk
> regards. Mike Scott Harlow Essex England.(unet -a-t- scottsonline.org.uk)

mikeFNB wrote:
> hi mike
> mike in chruchgate here:
>
> try these:
>
> http://www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
> http://www.ezlan.net/

Hi, and thanks for the links. Nothing jumps out from those pages --
maybe I'd best wait till midweek when they get their adsl and see if the
problem "goes away" along with the dial-up connection.

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