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difficult one . . the only ting i can think of is that there is a short circiut with the case. have u tried to boot without the motherboard mounted? i know its tricky to do but . .

my isp is giving me 2 addresses and they havn't had a problem with it so far. the setup now is modem, net0, switch, net1. i appreciate that the crossover should fix it but i have bought a switch and its gonna work . . especially since once i solve it i can plug other puters into the switch...

thanks for the replies . . i have just found out that as my switch does not have routing capabilities i would be unable to connect modem, switch, both puters. Harrack u suggested using a crossover cable between both pc's, i presume this is a different cable to the ethernet ones i have (is...

as i mentioned i have 2 connections in network places (xp) on the server computer. one is the internet and the other the lan. I only have a default gateway on the internet connection. The other computer which is networked to the server has its default gateway as the servers IP on the lan...

harrack52 if i just connect ethernet( rj-45) between the 2 computers and i only take 1 IP number, i didn't know that, do u know how it works? bigb i tried with the network wizard but found it easier to maually configure it. the xp wizard seems to want to include my 1394 connection in to...

ok i have xp, the other puter has 2000. right now i have the modem to computer via usb, then i connect to the switch which connects to the other computer. internet works fine on both computers but i cant get file sharing to work as there is a problem with the network path. if i understand...

the switch is a 10/100mbps Nway, it has filter adress tables. sorry forgot to mention that . .

hi, can anyone help me with this simple question please. which makes more sense/what is the difference between? (2 computers, 1 modem, 1 switch) modem to switch, then both computers will connect to this switch or modem to the host(USB), host to switch and the other puter connects to...

thanks for the reply - maybe it aint so clear. The issue bout plugging it in wrong is ok cos i did it myself. Now using his ribbon cable we can connect his motherboard to my new drive. (This dont work though). So i try with my more modern cable and it dont fit the motherboard IDE socket...

i lent my friend a 40 gb maxtor hard drive. The drive cables i have, have a space missing for the centre space in the pins. His motherboard (i cant tell what it is but its old) doesn't have the same connections (the pins are in complete rows) and i cant plug my drive in using my cable. when i...

doh!! thanks. i realise that about the modem but i suppose i wasn't really thinking that if it cud do that it would basically be a network device.

hi all - can anyone help me with this one pls? i want to share my cable modem with another computer in the house. There are 2 connections on the modem (USB and ethernet) i take the USB out from the modem and i figure it should be cool for the other computer to take the ethernet out which...

ok thanks this works and its what i have done for the time being. thing is following this method i have to reinstall xp and i would reallly like to be able to just format and then install whatever i want later.

i might seem a bit cautious with this whole format thing but when i tried the format it didn't quite work as i expected. format c:/ s - this didnt work but format c: was ok. is it neccesay to transfer the system files or is format c: ok? when i am in windows and i try to format by right...

im sure i posted a reply be4 but sorted that out now thanks . . . .