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PersianKitty · 01-15-2005, 06:53 AM

Sometimes I should just leave well enough alone.

I have a Win2K desktop and a XP laptop set up through a router to my cable modem. Everything had been talking to each other and the net last time I checked (had been a while since I checked to see if the laptop saw the desktop, but it connects to the net through the router just fine).

This evening I wanted to transfer a file from desktop to laptop while sitting at the laptop. Noticed that my network workgroup wasn't showing up. Didn't even show the laptop in the network from the laptop. Desktop was seeing everything fine. In working out this problem I created a worse one.

Had everything seeing everything but my filesharing on my desktop just wouldn't kick in. Everything I read said to uninstall and reinstall the tcp/ip protocol from the network adapter. Uninstalled.. asked to reboot... rebooted, reinstalled (didn't ask to reboot). Did this several times. Now the desktop can't see shyt. Not the router, not the laptop or the net. I even tried taking the router out of the loop and connecting straight into the cable modem. It won't grab a proper IP. It's like somethings wrong with DHCP or TCP/IP.

Any suggestions?

01-15-2005, 06:53 AM
PersianKitty Meow Media Inc. Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: In the valley of the sun, cactus, tacos, tequila, and nod Posts: 7,785	TCP/IP Win2K Problem Sometimes I should just leave well enough alone. I have a Win2K desktop and a XP laptop set up through a router to my cable modem. Everything had been talking to each other and the net last time I checked (had been a while since I checked to see if the laptop saw the desktop, but it connects to the net through the router just fine). This evening I wanted to transfer a file from desktop to laptop while sitting at the laptop. Noticed that my network workgroup wasn't showing up. Didn't even show the laptop in the network from the laptop. Desktop was seeing everything fine. In working out this problem I created a worse one. Had everything seeing everything but my filesharing on my desktop just wouldn't kick in. Everything I read said to uninstall and reinstall the tcp/ip protocol from the network adapter. Uninstalled.. asked to reboot... rebooted, reinstalled (didn't ask to reboot). Did this several times. Now the desktop can't see shyt. Not the router, not the laptop or the net. I even tried taking the router out of the loop and connecting straight into the cable modem. It won't grab a proper IP. It's like somethings wrong with DHCP or TCP/IP. Any suggestions? __________________ Wondering what webmaster programs PK uses? Check them out here!