Home Networking?
I have used a cross cable to connect my laptop to desktop, the desktop is connected to Broadband connection. Using Windows XP Home networking, I configured everything. My Internet connection was working fine with my Home networking for laptop routed thru desktop connection.
Today I am not able to connect to Internet from laptop. But my network is fine. I can share files between the computers.
I can dial-up the ADSL connection thru my laptop successfully and connect to the internet provider. But the internet Explorer is not identifying the connection. I tried with opera also, and its too not working.
But I have a trading software, this is working FINE with the connection in my laptop thru desktop.
Few days before I tried to connect my laptop to my mobile phone. Is it because of this I am not able to connect?
If I connect the DSL connection directly to laptop, the internet is working fine. But it is not connecting thru the desk top.
Please help me.
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Tags: broadband, cable, connection, cross, cross cable, desktop, desktop connection, everything, Home, home networking, internet connection, Laptop, networking, Windows, windows XP, windows xp home
2 Responses to “Home Networking?”
Reinstall internet file sharing on both
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On the laptop, try Internet Options -> Connections from your IE menu and try changes there to force IE/Windows to attempt to read proxy & Internet settings. Change the changes back to original settings after you’re done.
Also, try going to commandline (type “cmd” at Start-Run) and try to ping servers, you should see the resultant path bounce through your XP desktop.
Final (and absolute) recommendation: Invest $50 in a router such as a Linksys router. Using ICS (Internet Connection Sharing, the old name for Windows XP Home networking) under any Windows product, especially if you’re trading using this setup, is asking for trouble.
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