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Hello, me again..
Thanx for the previous answers !!
On my computer when i check the winipcfg command and i do more info the box IP Routing enabled is checked... Why ???
As far as i remember it have always been checked but on my roommates computer and on ALL others computer i know it is never checked...
Somebody could explain to me why it is check and what is the purpose of it and if i need to uncheck it...How ???
Thanx again !
alx
Do you have some sort of Internet connection sharing installed? IP Routing is the process of directing packets from one network to another (local network to the Internet, for example).
Well, kind of...
(i'm the one who asked you about netbeui vs ipx)
We have cable modem with 2 IP and a hub. But the first time we installed the hub we DIDNT have the second IP and we tried anyway to share the net bu we failed...
Maybe that's why the box is checked... how can i fix that ?
And how can i have only TCP/IP installed (no ipx or netbeui but file sharing and MS Networking installed)) and be able to share folder and stuff ?
Somebody told me about "Host" and "LMHost" but he's not sure...
For now with ipx installed i can share stuff, but when i tried to send somthing to the other computer with icq (testing) i received a message telling something about IP port...it couldn't find...
BTW, thanx for helping !!!!!
This could get a little long, but I'll try...
I guess I'll start with what I'm not sure about: the IP Routing box. I'm not sure why it's checked. What software were you using to try and share your Internet connection? Maybe uninstalling it will help, or maybe you'll have to remove and reinstall TCP/IP. For purposes of simply getting TCP/IP working on your LAN, it shouldn't matter whether or not IP Routing is enabled. (At least I don't think so.)
As for being able to share files, etc., running only TCP/IP, if TCP/IP is configured correctly, they should "see" each other by using NetBIOS broadcasts over TCP/IP. Post your IP and networking settings, and I'll look at them to see if I can figure something out. (IP address, DNS/WINS, DHCP, Gateway... whatever you see in your TCP/IP configuration. Also, the workgroup/domain name and machine names.) There might be an option buried somewhere allowing you to use NetBIOS over TCP/IP. Make sure it's enabled!
If TCP/IP is set up right and the computers still don't see each other by using broadcasts, you can use the HOSTS and/or LMHOSTS files to force them to see one another. Hopefully you won't have to, but just in case, here's what you would need to know:
The HOSTS and LMHOSTS files resolve machine names to an IP address. In other words, they're like a phone book so that one computer can look up the IP address of another. The HOSTS file works with unix-style machine hostnames and the LMHOSTS resolves Windows networking names.
You should have HOSTS and LMHOSTS files somewhere in your Windows directory. If not, you should at least have a HOSTS.SAM and LMHOSTS.SAM file. You can make a copy of the these files and name them HOSTS and LMHOSTS (with no extension). Let's say you've got 2 machines called "A" and "B", and their IP addresses are 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2. Here are the contents of sample files:
HOSTS:
On computer "A":
127.0.0.1 localhost
10.0.0.2 B
On computer "B":
127.0.0.1 localhost
10.0.0.1 A
LMHOSTS:
On computer "A":
10.0.0.2 B #PRE
On computer "B":
10.0.0.1 A #PRE
As for ICQ, I don't know enough about it to be a real help. (I know how to block it at our company firewall, but that just means I know how to break it -- not how to make it work.) ;-)
Ok...
I'll check this out at home tonight...
As for the software vs IP routing...i didn't use ANY sofware at ALL...maybe this IS why it has checked itself on... I'll try to uninstall everything and start from scratch.
Thanx again !!!
P.S. I'll keep you informed of whatever happen...