What is wrong here?

[Mael]

I have a rather annoying problem.

I can't seem to get 2 PCs networked.

The first PC, 'walrus', has 2 NICs. One (an SMC card) connects to the cable modem, the other (Netgear) connects to the LAN.

The second PC, 'carpenter', has one NIC (Netgear) which connects to the LAN

By LAN, I mean that they are connected directly to one another with a crossover cable (no hub)

Both systems are running Win2k.

If I turn Windows Connection Sharing on on walrus, and IP to DHCP on carpenter, I can access the internet on carpenter. BUT... I cant get them to talk. Pings dont make it from one to the other.

I set walrus's IP as 192.168.0.1, and carpenters as 192.168.0.2, yet they wont talk.

When I go into Network Connections, it shows them as Connected at 100.0mbps, as it should, but I can't even get them to ping each other. When walrus trys to ping carpenter, it times out, but when carpenter tries to ping walrus, it gets an error code.

This makes me think that the problem lies on carpenter. I have tried a different NIC, but got the same symptoms. All TCP/IP settings are at default (apart from setting the IP). There is no firewall (that I know of) running. 'route PRINT' seems to display all the right information about routing

I am honestly at a loose end, if anyone can help me, it would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

 

[Woodchuck2000]

The fact that the lights come on using a crossover cable indicates that there's physical connectivity. Run Ipconfig /all on both PCs and post the results - there are too many things that could go wrong for us to make a guess...

 

[Mael]

Heres what it tells me (with my IP edited out)

Walrus:
C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : walrus
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : vic.bigpond.net.au

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI A
ter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-E3-0C-66-90
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : vic.bigpond.net.au
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SMC EZ Card 10/100 (SMC1211TX)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-29-79-AF-F4
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : (my external IP)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : (default gateway)
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 61.9.128.29
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 61.9.128.16
61.9.128.13
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, 5 March 2002 1:53:02 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, 5 March 2002 7:52:51 AM


carpenter:
C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : carpenter
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI A
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-E3-12-3B-4F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :


This shed any light on the problem?

The fact that the lights are coming on suggests that its not a hardware problem, as does the fact that ICS works. I think its some sort of software problem on carpenter (because of the eror code it throws when I try to ping), but I could be wrong.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling a new NIC on that machine, with the same results. Will that replace the TCP/IP stack if its corrupted. or is there something else I need to do?

 

[spidey07]

Your node type settings seem a little strange (should be broadcast) and the fact that you get an error message when you try to ping on carpenter.

Try completely removing the network card and protocols on carpenter, reboot, reinstall NIC with latest drivers and bind IP.

If all else fails the simply install netbeui, generally takes care of finicky IP name resolution.

<edit> oh, i see you've already reinstalled the NIC. What is the error code you're getting? sounds like a corrupt IP stack.