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computers not communicating with eachother?
Hi, i have connected my 2 computers up using a crossover cable and on-board ICS. the IP addresses are 192.168.1.101 and 192.168.1.102 respectively. the mask is set to 255.255.255.0 on each computer.
the problem i am having is i cannot get the computers to "see" each other nor can i ping ether computer from the other.
i have tried 2 new crossover cables and i have pinged each ICS from their own computer (217.0.0.1) so i presume my hardware is working fine.
i am using windows 7 Ultimate on both PCs.
last week i had windows xp pro in both machines and has exactly the same problems as above and was never able to resolve it so i upgraded to win7 thinking the problem was with xp but obviously not :-(
i am using the ICS drivers that were signed on install of windows7.
Any help would me much appreciated
yes both lights are on, i read somewhere that some ICS automaticly cross over so i tried a normal patch cable and got no lights, so i deffo need a crossover.
IPConfig only shows the IP of the ICS on the machine IPConfig is run on and the ping results are Destination host unreachable.
No firewalls are on.
ICS is supposed to be NIC sorry
2 Answers
- JoelKatzLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Is the link light on at both ends? Does 'ipconfig' show a link and the correct IP address? What error do you get when you try to 'ping' one machine from the other? It should work. Your basic idea and settings are valid.
- ?Lv 44 years ago
you do no longer would desire to be applying ICS in any respect in case you're basically connecting them with a crossover cable and attempting to get them to talk. i'd disable that as a start up. additionally, make effective the two desktops are in the comparable Workgroup.
