No Go For XP Pro Networking

Hi,

The situation at the moment is i can't ping each other but i can ping myself on each machine.

The ipconfig for the downstairs pc ( the host and internet source )


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : spod-yyvenfydlp
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA VT6105 Rhine III Fast Ethernet A
dapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-F4-8B-EF-AD
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter BT Broadband:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 81.153.141.234
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 81.153.141.234
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.74.65.68
194.72.9.39

ipconfig for the upstairs pc is:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DJSPOD
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 8:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-95-BE-66-B5
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::207:95ff:febe:66b5%4
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-01
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.1%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

This situation involves two computers that are running Windows XP Pro and are connected via a Cat5 crossover cable.


Both computers are within the same subnet mask.
There are no third-party firewalls enabled on either computer, and the Windows-provided firewall is not enabled on either Local Area Connection.
The computer browser service is enabled on both computers, and NetBIOS is enabled over TCP/IP on both computers for the Local Area Connection.
For the Local Area Connection, the following items are being used: Client for Microsoft Networks, File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, QoS Packet Scheduler, and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

The pc downstairs can see itself in workgroup, on the upstairs pc nothing is showing for either pc

I have had this cable working fine a few days back working on another machine networked to the downstairs pc ( no problems sharing at all, this was my frends machine, he now has it back )

I have noticed that the network wizard can no longer complete it's task anymore ( on running the wizzard ) on the downstairs machine, could this be a problem?


Darren

On your upstairs computer, you've got a strange "Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface" and the IP addresses are all wrong (at fe80::5efe:192.168.1.1%2, for example). On this computer, do you have any other network connections (such as a 1394 connection) enabled?

Hi Ed,

I had a pci modem installed on the machine ( i use for faxing only )
I have unistalled this device and run ipconfig -all again
Here is the results:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DJSPOD
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 12:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-95-BE-66-B5
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled


Things look a bit better don't you think?
However i have tried pinging the other PC ( host ) 192.168.1.2
and received a message host unreachable and like wise on the host PC pinging the client.
They can still ping there selfs though.

I have had this onboard card working before on the (client machine) but only got as far as a internet share so i presume it works ok.
Since i reinstalled downstairs i ended up in this mess, at a last result i have some extra lan cards lying about the place and i could insert one in a pci slot, but would mean taking out the modem card completely ( i use this for faxing on a regular basis )

please help


Cheers darren

That ipconfig does look better, but...

Your downstairs PC (the one with the Internet connection) has the IP address: 192.168.0.1.

Your upstairs PC now has an IP address: 192.168.1.3

These are on different subnets. Try setting the upstairs PC to the IP address 192.168.0.2 with the default gateway at 192.168.0.1, then see if you can ping 192.168.0.1.

Hi Ed ,

Still no ping either end on those settings : Request timed out
192.168.0.1 downstairs
192.168.0.2 upstairs

Both machines have enable net/bios over tcp/ip ticked in the properties

They are also running the following :

Client for microsoft networks
file & sharing printing
qos packet scheduler
NW link netbios
Netlink ipx/spx
internet protocol
zone alarm is off, xp firewall is off

Darren

Hi Ed,

Just tried another cable and i can ping on each pc and now see each other in each ms home
A few snags setting up folders, i'll see if i can sort it.
i'll keep you posted mate, thanks for your help.
p.s that cable was working fine the other day


Darren

Well... that's just computers being strange

Just curious Darren, you using Netware (no mention of a server anywhere)?

I realize this is rather a late response but I thought I'd explain these issues. The Tunnelling Adapter Pseudo-Interface is an 'adapter' used by some firewalls (e.g., ZoneAlarm) to provide firewall tunneling, so that heavy traffic areas such as port 80 are not slowed by the firewall.

The IP addresses in question are not wrong; they are IPv6 addresses, which have a different format from IPv4 addresses. Under IPv6, each address is 128 bits long, and is written as eight groups of four hex numerals separated but colons, like this:

0123:4567:89AB:CDEF:FEDC:BA98:7654:3210

Address sections can be shortened to show only the significant digits, and if there are one or more sections which are all zeros, then one of them can be abbreviated as '::'. For example,

0246:0000:0012:0000:3C21:0A02:000F:0A10

can be written out as

246::12:0:3C21:A02:F:A10

Also, under IPv6, the loopback address is 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1, and is usually abbreviated as ::1, while an all zero address, abbreviated as ::, is considered unspecified, as is an address with all bits set (FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF).

The percent sign followed by a number (actually, it can be any arbitrary string, IIUC) is the address scope, indicating which adapter it is bound to.

Curiously enough, I learned this just today myself, and happened to have a reference on it available.

Interesting... thanks for that info