>Hello everyone-I've networked two computers, one XP Home SP2 and one XP Pro
>SP1 via crossover cable. The hardware is working correctly and the network
>seems to be working, but I have a "Limited or no connectivity: The connection
>has limited or no connectivity. You might not be able to access the Internet
>or some network resources." message. I disabled it, but I was wondering if
>there might be a problem.
>The network was installed using the Network Wizard so it has automatically
>assigned IP addresses. I tried assigning static IP addresses(192.168.1.1 and
>255.255.255.0 etc.) but that seemed to cause problems. Now that the network
>is installed and running, can I try to assign static addresses or will that
>cause problems?
>I understand that having a PPOE DSL setup, which I have on the XP Home
>computer, may have something to do with this.
>Anyone have any advice or settings to look at that might help me fine tune
>this network setup? I've googled around for info, including some of the links
>here, but haven't hit the right thing so far.
>Thanks in advance.

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <A3ED0094-9040-4BC7-8AB5-474155D39***@microsoft.com>,
> ronbo613 <ronbo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >Hello everyone-I've networked two computers, one XP Home SP2 and one XP Pro
> >SP1 via crossover cable. The hardware is working correctly and the network
> >seems to be working, but I have a "Limited or no connectivity: The connection
> >has limited or no connectivity. You might not be able to access the Internet
> >or some network resources." message. I disabled it, but I was wondering if
> >there might be a problem.
> >The network was installed using the Network Wizard so it has automatically
> >assigned IP addresses. I tried assigning static IP addresses(192.168.1.1 and
> >255.255.255.0 etc.) but that seemed to cause problems. Now that the network
> >is installed and running, can I try to assign static addresses or will that
> >cause problems?
> >I understand that having a PPOE DSL setup, which I have on the XP Home
> >computer, may have something to do with this.
> >Anyone have any advice or settings to look at that might help me fine tune
> >this network setup? I've googled around for info, including some of the links
> >here, but haven't hit the right thing so far.
> >Thanks in advance.
>
> There's nothing wrong.  The "Limited or no connectivity" message
> simply means that there's no Internet access available through the
> crossover cable connection.  That message appears when:
>
> 1. The network connection is configured to obtain an IP address
> automatically, and:
>
> 2. There's no DHCP server on the network to assign an address.
>
> In that case, both computers' network connections will automatically
> assign themselves compatible IP addresses in the 169.254.x.x range.
>
> Do you want to have the XP Pro computer access the Internet through
> the XP Home computer's DSL setup?  If so, enable Internet Connection
> Sharing on XP Home.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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> for everyone to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
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>> >Hello everyone-I've networked two computers, one XP Home SP2 and one XP Pro
>> >SP1 via crossover cable. The hardware is working correctly and the network
>> >seems to be working, but I have a "Limited or no connectivity: The connection
>> >has limited or no connectivity. You might not be able to access the Internet
>> >or some network resources." message. I disabled it, but I was wondering if
>> >there might be a problem.
>> >The network was installed using the Network Wizard so it has automatically
>> >assigned IP addresses. I tried assigning static IP addresses(192.168.1.1 and
>> >255.255.255.0 etc.) but that seemed to cause problems. Now that the network
>> >is installed and running, can I try to assign static addresses or will that
>> >cause problems?
>> >I understand that having a PPOE DSL setup, which I have on the XP Home
>> >computer, may have something to do with this.
>> >Anyone have any advice or settings to look at that might help me fine tune
>> >this network setup? I've googled around for info, including some of the links
>> >here, but haven't hit the right thing so far.
>> >Thanks in advance.
>>
>> There's nothing wrong.  The "Limited or no connectivity" message
>> simply means that there's no Internet access available through the
>> crossover cable connection.  That message appears when:
>>
>> 1. The network connection is configured to obtain an IP address
>> automatically, and:
>>
>> 2. There's no DHCP server on the network to assign an address.
>>
>> In that case, both computers' network connections will automatically
>> assign themselves compatible IP addresses in the 169.254.x.x range.
>>
>> Do you want to have the XP Pro computer access the Internet through
>> the XP Home computer's DSL setup?  If so, enable Internet Connection
>> Sharing on XP Home.
>
>Thanks for that information Steve-I set up the network so I could transfer
>large video and photo files to the online computer so I can FTP them to a
>webserver. Not interested in having the XP Pro workstation hooked up to the
>internet so I guess I'm ready to go.
>As you may have figured out by now, I'm no networking expert, so I really
>appreciate your help. Thank you for your assistance.