#Wan subnet 255 255 255 252 windows

Open windows explorer again, expand My Network Places in the folder view, expand Entire Network, expand Microsoft Windows Network, expand your workgroup - both computers should be visible. Reboot both machines, wait a few minutes. Understanding subnet mask is a key element to define the length of IP subnets. Open Windows explorer, turn on file sharing, share something. If you need to change workgroup name, click Network ID, follow the wizard to join a workgroup, the name is not case sensitive. Win2K - right-click My Computer->Properties, Network Identification tab. If you need to change the workgroup name, click Change. XP - right-click My Computer->Properties, Computer Name tab. Once both machines have internet access, you'll want to set up the workgroup: Just find the cheapest name-brand router on the shelf & it should work for most purposes - no fancy stuff unless you're doing fancy stuff The vast majority of modern consumer routers set themselves up with almost no intervention from us mere humans. Even MS discourages using ICS, calling it the method of last resort. For 2 PCs you wont even need the hub or switch mentioned above. If you are attempting to share an internet connection, do yourself a favor, and get a router. 254 (.255 command failed) ip nat outside ip nat enable Noticed this digging through the. no ip address shutdown no cdp enable interface GigabitEthernet0/0 ip address 144.37.90.142 255.255.255.252 Also tried. They interpose themselves into situations where they cause all sorts of mischief. You do need to set the same workgroup on both machines to be able see each other.Д¬rossover cables are EVIL - dont use them.

If you're simply trying to setup 2 computers to talk to each other, you're nearly there. The only wizard I seem to have is a network identification wizard and I'm afraid if I run that again I'll just create another connection icon. The instructions that I had said that I should now go to the client machine and indicate that it connects thru the other computer but I can't find where to do that.

I went back in to the Network Setup Wizard on the newer one and changed the setup to indicate it as the gateway and the other one as the client. When I try to access Internet Explorer via the new connection it brings up 'Page cannot be displayed'. On the older one in My Network Places I can now see some of the files on the newer one but not the other way around.

Previous attempts at running the Network Setup Wizard didn't connect them. I'm trying to connect a desktop running Windows 2000 to our newer desktop running XP via a crossover cable.