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Limited or No Connectivity
Name: Carr79 Date: January 18, 2009 at 14:07:03 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: Intel 512 Product: Dell / Inspirion 530s Subcategory: Routers and Hubs
Comment:
This morning I connected (with Cat5) two PC's to a hub. One with Premium Vista (the one I am using at the moment) and another with XP.The Vista PC took right to the connection, but the XP system keeps flaging "Limited or No Connectivity". When I attempt to repair using the repair tab in the box it comes back with unable to aquire an IP Address. All of my lights are flashing or lit, doing what they are suppose to be. I have unplugged all cables and reconnected them three times. Still I am getting the same results.
Name: StuartS Date: January 18, 2009 at 15:22:55 Pacific
Reply:
If all the PCs are connected to is a hub it is little wonder that it is unable to acquire an IP address as there is nothing there to deliver one. For that you need a router with a DHCP server built in.
To connected the two computers you need to manually enter the IP address, 192.168.1.2 for one and 192.168.1.3 for the other and 255.255.255.0 for the network mask for both.
Stuart
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Response Number 2
Name: Carr79 Date: January 22, 2009 at 14:13:44 Pacific
Reply:
Hello. Sorry I was slow to get back to the reply. Yes I figured that out after I cooled my jets and thought about it.Your answer is 100%. Thanks alot.
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