Computer networking help

[saltjunkie]

I just had road runner installed on my pc.... but in the process, those retards cut my phone line....
so i got a router to share.. which is supposed to be easy on XP....

well, even when i hook the modem up directly to the 2nd pc.. it still does not work.. i cant share, i cant do anything besides work on my original pc......
can anyone help me quickly???

[schrocat]

SJ,
It sounds like you normally have dial up access from the second PC.
If that's the case...does the second PC perhaps not have a network card?
(NIC card)

...needs one.

Is the new router a wireless?

I just had road runner installed on my pc.... but in the process, those retards cut my phone line....
so i got a router to share.. which is supposed to be easy on XP....

well, even when i hook the modem up directly to the 2nd pc.. it still does not work.. i cant share, i cant do anything besides work on my original pc......
can anyone help me quickly???

[Sueet]

I just had road runner installed on my pc.... but in the process, those retards cut my phone line....
so i got a router to share.. which is supposed to be easy on XP....

well, even when i hook the modem up directly to the 2nd pc.. it still does not work.. i cant share, i cant do anything besides work on my original pc......
can anyone help me quickly???

How is all this hooked up? You should have both pc's hooked to the router, which is then hooked to the modem...

I don't know how XP does it, I run win2kpro... but in 2kpro you have to set up the pcs to allow access from other computers (or users actually) ..... you would tell it user names/passwords?

What exactly is it that you are doing, and what exactly is happening?

[saltjunkie]

i had the modem (RR) hooked to my pc/....
i unhooked it from my pc, hooked it to the wireless router, ran another cable back to my pc.... ran a second cable to the other pc.. powered everything back up/// got on the net with my main pc.. went to the other pc.... and it shows this page cannot be displayed screen when you look on the router, it shows all connections made.. the net, and both pcs..
i didnt configure anything when i hooked up to my main pc from the router, do i need to network my pcs together, if so how do i do that?
both pcs are basically identical,,,
Dell 2400's
it is a wireless router, but i didnt buy any of the wireless cards.. i figured i wou;d just hardwire it, since i had all that stuff, and those cards are expensive..

[jiggly75]

I just had road runner installed on my pc.... but in the process, those retards cut my phone line....
so i got a router to share.. which is supposed to be easy on XP....

well, even when i hook the modem up directly to the 2nd pc.. it still does not work.. i cant share, i cant do anything besides work on my original pc......
can anyone help me quickly???

Are you using a cable\network card or USB port?

[saltjunkie]

Nic

[schrocat]

dhcp should have configured everything...
you shouldn't require configuring much at all.

go to a command prompt (start, then click run, type "cmd" <no quotes> hit enter
and then type:

ipconfig /release (in xp it might be /release all)

then type ipconfig /renew

see what happens

[Poseidon]

I would say the problem lies in the router... At least with Mine I had to tell it what computers were connected and what "permissions" they had!

[schrocat]

ahhh...the dreaded Linksys setup wizard strikes again.

so what happened SJ? did you throw it out the window yet?

I would say the problem lies in the router... At least with Mine I had to tell it what computers were connected and what "permissions" they had!

[saltjunkie]

yeah, i unhooked it all,, and just called a computer guy.. he has been helping my parents out for years.. he usually charged them 30-60 bucks per visit.... he said he could hook it up.. he has 4 pcs running in his home.. so i will just wait.. i got high speed so... im in no rush.....