Network Problem

[n4lly]

Yup done Davy, but cant get it off the machine

[SandTiger]

Yup done Davy, but cant get it off the machine

 

oooookay, you could type it out on the other machine, as that might give us a clue? Have you removed the Nintendo usb WI-FI dongle and unistalled any dust you put on the system? Just to get your network back to how it was in its original state?

[n4lly]

Here is result frpm PC 2..

 

Windows ip configuration

 

Host name......................Melanie

Primary Dns suffix.............

node type......................mixed

ip routing enabled.............no

wins proxy enabled.............no

dns suffix search list.........mshome.net

 

ethernet adapter local area connection:

 

Connection-specific dns suffix....mshome.not

description,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,realtek rtl8139/810x family fast ethernet nic

physical address...............00-11-09-28-d9-cf

dhcp enabled...................yes

autoconfiguration enabled......yes

ip address.....................192.168.0.63

subnet mask....................255.255.255.0

default gateway................192.168.0.1

dhcp server....................192.168.0.1

dns server.....................192.168.0.1

lease obtained.................30.nov 2005 23:43:58

lease expires..................07 dec 2005 23:43:58

 

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Not unistalled Nintendo dongle yet

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Cheers

Sean

[n4lly]

Bridge gone.

New result from PC 1 (Host)

 

 

 

Windows IP Configuration

 

 

 

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : daddyscomputer

 

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

 

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

 

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

 

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

 

 

 

PPP adapter Tiscali Broadband:

 

 

 

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

 

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface

 

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00

 

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

 

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 88.105.2.58

 

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255

 

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 88.105.2.58

 

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 80.225.250.178

 

80.225.250.186

 

 

 

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

 

 

 

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

 

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector

 

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-0B-C3-19-BB

 

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

 

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.248.132

 

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

 

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

 

 

 

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

 

 

 

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

 

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel® PRO/100 VE Network Connection

 

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-76-17-C7-8B

 

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

 

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.31.191

 

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

 

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

 

 

[Newt]

Hmmmm - the config problems I was expecting to see aren't there and all the numbers look exactly as they should so the problem is elsewhere.

 

Do you have any files/folders/printers shared over your home network between the PCs? I'd be interested to see if they are still working or if they went away at the same time internet did. If you are running a firewall, it could possibly have changed a setting while you were installing the USB piece and be blocking access to your host PC from the slave PC.

 

It's maybe not particularly helpful to you at this point but FWIW, networking is the one place I will not mess with USB at all, ever. It often works fine but when it does not, trying to troubleshoot can be difficult and is often impossible. I stay strictly with ethernet for networking.

 

How difficult/expensive would it be for you at this point to replace all the USB bits with ethernet ones?

[n4lly]

Nope file/folder/printers are not shared, nothing else to test with.

Shall uninstall the usb wi-fi thingy and start from scrath in the morning.

 

Cheers

Chaps

Nite Nite

[n4lly]

The Mrs would'nt let me go to bed til i got it sorted.

She has 11 items ending on ebay tomorrow eerrrr today.

So uninstalled usb wi-fi dongle thingy.

system restore both machines.

Started the network config from scratch.

 

Its working

 

Thanks Newt & Davy, you gave me confidence to keep pluging away

and may have saved my bacon

Edited December 1, 2005 by n4lly

[SandTiger]

Well done. I've tagged & released yer Tarpon

[corydoras]

It's maybe not particularly helpful to you at this point but FWIW, networking is the one place I will not mess with USB at all, ever. It often works fine but when it does not, trying to troubleshoot can be difficult and is often impossible. I stay strictly with ethernet for networking.

 

How difficult/expensive would it be for you at this point to replace all the USB bits with ethernet ones?

I'm right with Newt on this too. Please don't use any of these crappy USB gizmos that ISPs give or rent to you. Much better to buy a real ADSL router and connect your PC using proper ethernet or 802.11g. I would avoid Tiscali like a hingoot wi' scabies

[n4lly]

Errr its a Nintendo Usb access point, to link a Nintendo DS handheld game machine

to the internt. Its not a router as such

 

here

 

Very cool but when installed it knocks out the networked pc

 

I could go out and get a router and create a hot spot, but just for a nintendo game

its a bit of a waste. The 2nd pc is only 3' away.

 

Oh well, shall keep investigating.