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| Zziggy00 - Nov 15, 2004 |
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MasterAkumaMatata | Nov 15, 2004 | |||
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Try this setup so that your PC doesn't have to be on for the other systems to get internet access.
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This is how I have my network setup at home, and printer/file sharing works too. | |||||
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Zziggy00 | Nov 15, 2004 | ||
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That is the ideal set up... I originally had it like that.. but for some reason the connection just drops out...I think that has something to do with the router interacting with my college's crappy network... Everything will work fine for about 20min. if I have that set up then everything disconnects and I have to reset/unplug the router. That's why I'm trying to figure out how to get my old set up working again..as it was stable for about a month. | ||||
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SkankinMonkey | Nov 15, 2004 | ||
| You might have to setup your router to forward the ports correctly from your PC | ||||
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lordofduct | Nov 16, 2004 | ||
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Ummm, correct me if I am wrong, are you using a crossover cable from the PC to the router. Ports should only need to be forwarded if you are having NAT problems on the router!!! also if this happend since you installed SP2 there may be problems with the new firewall shit they have on it. Try turning the new SP2's firewall. If that works then go in and screw with the settings if you really want it on, i personally keep the crap thing off! Also I don't get why you are having problems using the router first and splitting that between the four. Your saying you are using it on your schools internet access, they may have some tech guys to help. Atleast I think they SHOULD, but then again they don't even know what they are doing! | ||||
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Zziggy00 | Nov 16, 2004 | ||
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The network guys told me to get rid of the router and go buy a hub...i don't think that's the best solution... I've had this working with SP2...I've had it working with the firewall on and off....the strange thing is I don't know what changed...there was a power outage a while back and it must have reset the router...but why that matters I don't know.... If I try and run internet connection shareing wizard it will give me an error saying that IP's conflict (windows trys to assign one of the computers to 192.168.0.1, which is the same as the router, so I change the router to 192.168.0.2 which solves the IP conflict, but the internet still doesn't work) I took a cisco class and I remember something to do with the IP ending in a 1 or 0 or something it was a broadcast address?? That would send out all info to the computers below it...so in my mixed up, half-assed theory I think it should work...I'd give this all up, but I know that somehow this works...as it once did. Thanks for the replys guys..  | ||||
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lordofduct | Nov 16, 2004 | ||
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AHHHHH! okay... set op the comp to only share with the router. Then go into the router (just type in the IP address of the router into IE or Firefox, whichever you use) and in its settings set up DHCP for anything hooked to it... it will then give IP addresses to those! Also see if you can give the router an IP address of your choice... it should be 192.168.1."0 or 100" then anything on it should be 2.101 2.102 so on so forth! i feel bad... i have this feeling inside like im allllll wrong. But thats what lack of sleep does to ya! | ||||
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it290 | Nov 16, 2004 | ||
| You say you have a Netgear.. is it an RP614 by chance? I have that model, and it would do exactly what you're describing -- during heavy activity, it would just die and I'd have to power cycle it to get it going again. It frustrated me to no end, but I realized it was a problem with the router. Eventually, Netgear released a new firmware version that corrected the problem. If you have this router, you need to upgrade to the latest firmware (I believe it might still be classified as 'beta'). Even if you don't have an RP614, it's possible that your router is similar and shares the same bug, so try upgrading the firmware regardless. After you do that you should be able to put all your machines behind the router and have it work. | ||||
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Zziggy00 | Nov 16, 2004 | |||
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it290, I could kiss you... I do indeed have the RP614, updated the firmware and it hasn't dropped....YET... now i've got it back to most logical setup
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Thank you all for your help... Once again this is tribute to what a good community that has formed here at segaxtreme... I thank you all again :cheers | |||||
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MasterAkumaMatata | Nov 16, 2004 | ||
Hey, when did you upgrade to an Xbox2 and PS3? :huh  | ||||
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Zziggy00 | Nov 16, 2004 | |||
when I copied it from your post  , fixed now | |||||