Home Networking 2 PCs

[benmp3master2]

I have 2 pcs. I am trying to network them with 2 NICs and a patch cable. I dont know if the patch cable is crossover or not. I am going to use the Internet connection sharing to share my dial up. I cant get them to network. Even if the cable was not the right kind I should be abel to see at least one pc. The first pc is a 1.4 gigaherts Athlon 128mb ram, 40 gig hd. Integrated NIC. Win ME The other pc is a AMD 200 64mb ram 13 gig hd and a old 10 mb 3com NIC.

If it helps here is the current network config of both machines.

Athlon

Client for Microsoft networks
Dial up Adapter
Sis 900 Fast Enternet Adapter
TCP/IP Sis 900 Faster Enternet Adapter
TCP/IP Dial up Adapter

The Amd 200 has
Client for Microsoft Networks
3com EtherLink III ISA in legacy mode
Dial up Adapter
Internet Connection Sharing
Internet Connection Sharing Protocal 3com EtherLink III ISA in legacy mode
Internet Connection Sharing Protocl- Dial up Adapter
Internet Connection Sharing Protocal- Internet Connection Sharing
TCP/IP 3com EtherLink III ISA in legacy mode
TCP/IP(shared) Dial up Adapter
TCP/IP Internet Connection Sharing
File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Netoworks


Both have their primary Network Logon as Client for Microsoft Networks.

Thanks All of you are a big help]
Ben

 

[brianF]

are the lights on the back of the nic's lite, if not the cable is wrong

work group names the exact same ???

tcp/ip settings

specify ipaddress 192.168.100.1 and 192.168.100.2 for other machine
subnet 255.255.255.0
wins disabled
gateway none
dns disabled

 

[benmp3master2]

I have got them networked finally. I needed a cross over cable. I can get on the internet now but I cant see my other pc. I wanted to share the printer and a second hard drive in it. What can I do?

Thanks

 

[brianF]

Make sure the workgroup names are exactly the same on both pc's

go to my computer, select the drive you want to share, right click, select share as

Same with printer, go to start/settings/printers/select your printer, right click, select share

Once you share the printer you will have to explorer network neighborhood, find the printer, right click, choose install

 

[benmp3master2]

I checked the Domain names and they are right. I dont know what is going on with it . Both are configured correctly and I can see the indvidual computers but not both at the same time on the network. What else can I check?
Thanks

 

[brianF]

try installing netbeui protocol, helps with small lans
need to install on both machines