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    Sharing an ADSL connection

    OK, my original idea was good, but now I'm having to bork this for the mo to get it to work.

    I bought some cable and a crimping tool, but the tool is pretty lame. Haven't got another one yet, as I have just got a very long cable which'll reach from downstairs to upstair. Problem is, it's a cross-over cable. I don't wanna re-crimp one end, as the crimp tool is crap, so I'm trying to share my net connection as it is.

    The first hurdle I have come accross is due to my Netgear DG834 ADSL Router. It's working fine and plugged into one of my ethernet ports on my mobo (have two). I plugged the cross-over cable into my other port and tried to share the connection, but it gave me an error saying that the IP needed to share was already being used.

    Anyone know how this can easily be done for the moment, until I get a new tool? Cheers.

    Lemme know if you need any questions answered.

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    Are you running XP? If you are run the network setup wizard that will configure both PC's, it will also configure a PC running an older version of windows. As to IP do they both have the same IP address? I use a cheap arse hub to connect my system so some of this is guesswork. To check IP right click "my network places" then properties click on your network connection and it "should" show the IP on the right.

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    Sorry, forgot the basics... My comp is as sig, girlfriends upstairs is pretty old and basic and runs Windows ME.

    My girlfriends PC didn't have an IP address for some reason. Went to a command prompt and typed 'ipconfig' and it came up 0.0.0.0. :S

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    That router should automatically assign the computers an IP address (so long as the function is turned on which it is by default)

    Just make sure the computers are set to 'obtain an IP address automatically' and restart them.

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    My girlfriends computer is plugged into my computer which is then plugged into the router. I only have a cross-over cable at the moment, can't re-wire it yet as the crimping tool is fudged.

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    try using the crossover cable to connect her PC to the router - a lot of the switches on these devices will have auto-detect on them and it will work work as a standard network cable iirc.

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    If Byatt's advice doesn't work, make sure that the IP address of the router is *.*.*.1 (eg. 192.168.0.1).

    If it's not the first in the series it won't assign IP addresses automatically.
    You then need to make sure that the two network cards on your PC are 'bridged' within windows.
    It's very easy to do - just go to your 'Network Connections' window under control panel, right click on one of the network connections and choose "Add to bridge". Then, repeat the same steps for the other network connection on your pc.
    You should now see an additional icon in your network connections window that looks like a blue and gold suspension bridge. You can configure the IP addresses and other properties on this the same way as a normal network connection - make sure everything is set to recieve IP address automatically, and that they're all on the same subnet.

    That should sort you out - if you're still stuck chuck me an email (da.guvna@[remove this bit]lycos.co.uk) and I'll try and include some screenies etc for you

    (P.S. You don't need to do this on your girlfriend's pc, just your own. The router should then see 'through' your pc to your girlfriends one, but yours will still have network access too.)
    Last edited by da.Guvna; 19-09-2004 at 08:40 PM.

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    i'm guessing ohne of the pcs was set to 192.168.0.1

    make sure they're set to use DHCP

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    Nah, it wouldn't work as the router's IP was set to 192.168.0.1 so my machine couldn't take the IP needed to give the 2nd rig it's IP address... or something like that.

    Anyway, I got a 2nd cable and connected rig 2 to the router and it obviously works fine now.

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