anjokid

well heres my problem, some of you may be aware of a previous post i made indicating i was having some issues with my home network, not current status is, i have done what i usually do i install my network using the windows network wizard, on both of the computers i am trying to network up, ob course all cables are correctly plugged into the hub, well at one point i had problems with run>cmd>ipconfig but now all is working, i can access the computer through the network using netop so all fun and games, now the problem i got is the internet i am trying to share throught the network is not working, anyone have any ideas?

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PaulB

So your using a hub not a router? b/c thats gonna make it tricky. To make that work your gonna need either a second NIC in one machine or your ISP is gonna have to allow the modem to release a second IP which costs more per month. I would suggest just getting a router but if you wanna I or someone here can help you set it up with just a second NIC in one machine.

anjokid

its been done before with no problems what so ever thats what i don't understand, all of a sudden my computer the computer i am at now had a problem were i couldn't get a ip but i think now its a setting somewhere what needs to be changed, but i have done what i have done in the past and in the past it worked, just dont know whats happening right now, so i am looking for answers and solution, buying a router is one thing i aint planning on doing... it is a network hub i own.

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anjokid

what does loopback failure mean??? that may be the cause of one of the problems

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PaulB

Alright well np... What kind of modem is it? Cable or dsl? The mdm binds to the first MAC address it sees and will only release one IP to that machine. so say comp1 is turned on and comp2 is off. you power cycle your mdm. wait for the solid lighs you have when its working then on comp1 you renew your IP. now comp one can browse the web. now you gotta get the comp2 and internal IP and a means of comunicating with comp1 to share the connect...

loopback is 127.0.0.1 Thats like saying "localhost" or the NIC the connection came from. EX: my IP in 192.168.1.100
ping 127.0.0.1
ping localhost
ping 192.168.1.100
are all the same. Failure means your nic did not respond.. what where you doing when you got that?

anjokid

lost with the to be honest what has been done is both computers are on, comp1 (is mine with the connection on DSL Modem [usb]) and comp2 is the computer plugged into the hub which i want to share a connection too. now i have done the wizard before and everything i done last time, but still not having a result, i have run a test which came with the drivers for the network card in comp2, and it comes up loopback test faliure,,, i can access comp2 from comp1 using netop, but on comp2 if i go into network places and goto workgroup it comes up network is not accessible.... on your information could you guide me through step by step on what to do...

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anjokid

well i wasnt doing anything when i tried to get that the network card is a accton card and i got the drivers from a website (driversguide) then on there i seen set up i went into it and then on there i seen this msdos program so i ran the program went to diagnostic tools and then run test on board and test on network both come back with failures on loopback...

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anjokid

possible solution is i aint got a internet protocol in the comp2 (windows ME) any places were i could possibly get that?

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