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Author
31 Jul 2006 2:44 AM
ickleruthiekins
Hi, I've been having trouble figuring out why my roommate and I can't
simultaneously be online. The answer to my problem might be something
incredibly obvious, but I don't know anything about this network stuff
and I've been working off only what I've found on the internet that I
thought might be the problem. I was wondering if there's anyone who
might be able to help me out.

Basically we recently signed up with SBC Yahoo for DSL. My roommate
first installed it and went online, and then I installed it and tried
connecting, but then I got a bunch of messages about how there's an ip
address conflict with another device on the system (there are only our
two laptops on the system). Or it would say that there's limited
connectivity. So I went online and tried to look up what might be the
problem, and I concluded that it might be that we were set up to obtain
an ip address automatically and as a result being handed out the same
address, or something. So I tried setting up static ip addresses
according to http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm, but
that didn't work either. I've also done the whole restarting the
router, restarting the computer thing. How can I go about fixing this
thing?

Thanks.

Author
31 Jul 2006 4:12 AM
Robert L [MS-MVP]
How do you connect to the DSL? Do you have a hub or switch? Posting the result of ipconfig may help.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
  <ickleruthiek***@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1154313896.585286.102210@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
  Hi, I've been having trouble figuring out why my roommate and I can't
  simultaneously be online. The answer to my problem might be something
  incredibly obvious, but I don't know anything about this network stuff
  and I've been working off only what I've found on the internet that I
  thought might be the problem. I was wondering if there's anyone who
  might be able to help me out.

  Basically we recently signed up with SBC Yahoo for DSL. My roommate
  first installed it and went online, and then I installed it and tried
  connecting, but then I got a bunch of messages about how there's an ip
  address conflict with another device on the system (there are only our
  two laptops on the system). Or it would say that there's limited
  connectivity. So I went online and tried to look up what might be the
  problem, and I concluded that it might be that we were set up to obtain
  an ip address automatically and as a result being handed out the same
  address, or something. So I tried setting up static ip addresses
  according to http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm, but
  that didn't work either. I've also done the whole restarting the
  router, restarting the computer thing. How can I go about fixing this
  thing?

  Thanks.
Author
31 Jul 2006 9:54 AM
ickleruthiekins
Hi there. We have a hub. Here's the ipconfig output:

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 4:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.205
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

C:\Documents and Settings\Ruth>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RUTH
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connecti
on
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-7B-90-F9-17
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 71.146.31.70
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 71.146.31.71
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
                                            192.168.0.1
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 31, 2006
2:50:31 AM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 31, 2006
3:00:31 AM

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 4:

        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
2200BG Network
Connection
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-3C-C8-52

Thanks again.


Robert L [MS-MVP] wrote:
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> How do you connect to the DSL? Do you have a hub or switch? Posting the result of ipconfig may help.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>   <ickleruthiek***@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1154313896.585286.102210@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
>   Hi, I've been having trouble figuring out why my roommate and I can't
>   simultaneously be online. The answer to my problem might be something
>   incredibly obvious, but I don't know anything about this network stuff
>   and I've been working off only what I've found on the internet that I
>   thought might be the problem. I was wondering if there's anyone who
>   might be able to help me out.
>
>   Basically we recently signed up with SBC Yahoo for DSL. My roommate
>   first installed it and went online, and then I installed it and tried
>   connecting, but then I got a bunch of messages about how there's an ip
>   address conflict with another device on the system (there are only our
>   two laptops on the system). Or it would say that there's limited
>   connectivity. So I went online and tried to look up what might be the
>   problem, and I concluded that it might be that we were set up to obtain
>   an ip address automatically and as a result being handed out the same
>   address, or something. So I tried setting up static ip addresses
>   according to http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm, but
>   that didn't work either. I've also done the whole restarting the
>   router, restarting the computer thing. How can I go about fixing this
>   thing?
>
>   Thanks.
>
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> <DIV><FONT size=2>How do you connect to the DSL? Do you have a hub or switch?
> Posting the result of ipconfig may help.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><BR>Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE &amp; CNE<BR>Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN
> Troubleshooting on <A
> href="http://www.ChicagoTech.net">http://www.ChicagoTech.net</A> <BR>How to
> Setup Windows, Network, VPN &amp; Remote Access on <A
> href="http://www.HowToNetworking.com">http://www.HowToNetworking.com</A> </DIV>
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>   <DIV>&lt;<A
>   href="mailto:ickleruthiek***@gmail.com">ickleruthiek***@gmail.com</A>&gt;
>   wrote in message <A
>   href="news:1154313896.585286.102***@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com">news:1154313896.585286.102210@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com</A>...</DIV>Hi,
>   I've been having trouble figuring out why my roommate and I
>   can't<BR>simultaneously be online. The answer to my problem might be
>   something<BR>incredibly obvious, but I don't know anything about this network
>   stuff<BR>and I've been working off only what I've found on the internet that
>   I<BR>thought might be the problem. I was wondering if there's anyone
>   who<BR>might be able to help me out.<BR><BR>Basically we recently signed up
>   with SBC Yahoo for DSL. My roommate<BR>first installed it and went online, and
>   then I installed it and tried<BR>connecting, but then I got a bunch of
>   messages about how there's an ip<BR>address conflict with another device on
>   the system (there are only our<BR>two laptops on the system). Or it would say
>   that there's limited<BR>connectivity. So I went online and tried to look up
>   what might be the<BR>problem, and I concluded that it might be that we were
>   set up to obtain<BR>an ip address automatically and as a result being handed
>   out the same<BR>address, or something. So I tried setting up static ip
>   addresses<BR>according to <A
>   href="http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm">http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm</A>,
>   but<BR>that didn't work either. I've also done the whole restarting
>   the<BR>router, restarting the computer thing. How can I go about fixing
>   this<BR>thing?<BR><BR>Thanks.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
>
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Author
31 Jul 2006 3:05 PM
Robert L [MS-MVP]
If I read the ipconfig results correctly, one computers using private IP and another public IP. In this case you may want to add a router between the computers and DSL modem or using ICS.

How to setup Windows ICS In addition, the ICS host provides DHCP to ICS clients. ... To setup a win9x (in our case) as ICS client to access the internet, you need to do two things. ...
      www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/ics.htm 


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
  <ickleruthiek***@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1154339693.795969.240680@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
  Hi there. We have a hub. Here's the ipconfig output:

  Windows IP Configuration


  Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

          Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 4:

          Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
          IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.205
          Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
          Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

  C:\Documents and Settings\Ruth>ipconfig /all

  Windows IP Configuration

          Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RUTH
          Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
          Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
          IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
          WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

  Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

          Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
          Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
  Connecti
  on
          Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-7B-90-F9-17
          Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
          Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
          IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 71.146.31.70
          Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
          Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 71.146.31.71
          DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
          DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
                                              192.168.0.1
          Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 31, 2006
  2:50:31 AM
          Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 31, 2006
  3:00:31 AM

  Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 4:

          Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
          Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
  2200BG Network
   Connection
          Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-3C-C8-52

  Thanks again.


  Robert L [MS-MVP] wrote:
Show quoteHide quote
  > How do you connect to the DSL? Do you have a hub or switch? Posting the result of ipconfig may help.
  >
  > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
  > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
  > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
  >   <ickleruthiek***@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1154313896.585286.102210@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
  >   Hi, I've been having trouble figuring out why my roommate and I can't
  >   simultaneously be online. The answer to my problem might be something
  >   incredibly obvious, but I don't know anything about this network stuff
  >   and I've been working off only what I've found on the internet that I
  >   thought might be the problem. I was wondering if there's anyone who
  >   might be able to help me out.
  >
  >   Basically we recently signed up with SBC Yahoo for DSL. My roommate
  >   first installed it and went online, and then I installed it and tried
  >   connecting, but then I got a bunch of messages about how there's an ip
  >   address conflict with another device on the system (there are only our
  >   two laptops on the system). Or it would say that there's limited
  >   connectivity. So I went online and tried to look up what might be the
  >   problem, and I concluded that it might be that we were set up to obtain
  >   an ip address automatically and as a result being handed out the same
  >   address, or something. So I tried setting up static ip addresses
  >   according to http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm, but
  >   that didn't work either. I've also done the whole restarting the
  >   router, restarting the computer thing. How can I go about fixing this
  >   thing?
  >
  >   Thanks.
  >
  > ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C6B42D.ADBB2950
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  > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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  > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
  > <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR>
  > <STYLE></STYLE>
  > </HEAD>
  > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
  > <DIV><FONT size=2>How do you connect to the DSL? Do you have a hub or switch?
  > Posting the result of ipconfig may help.</FONT></DIV>
  > <DIV><BR>Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE &amp; CNE<BR>Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN
  > Troubleshooting on <A
  > href="http://www.ChicagoTech.net">http://www.ChicagoTech.net</A> <BR>How to
  > Setup Windows, Network, VPN &amp; Remote Access on <A
  > href="http://www.HowToNetworking.com">http://www.HowToNetworking.com</A> </DIV>
  > <BLOCKQUOTE
  > style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
  >   <DIV>&lt;<A
  >   href="mailto:ickleruthiek***@gmail.com">ickleruthiek***@gmail.com</A>&gt;
  >   wrote in message <A
  >   href="news:1154313896.585286.102***@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com">news:1154313896.585286.102210@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com</A>...</DIV>Hi,
  >   I've been having trouble figuring out why my roommate and I
  >   can't<BR>simultaneously be online. The answer to my problem might be
  >   something<BR>incredibly obvious, but I don't know anything about this network
  >   stuff<BR>and I've been working off only what I've found on the internet that
  >   I<BR>thought might be the problem. I was wondering if there's anyone
  >   who<BR>might be able to help me out.<BR><BR>Basically we recently signed up
  >   with SBC Yahoo for DSL. My roommate<BR>first installed it and went online, and
  >   then I installed it and tried<BR>connecting, but then I got a bunch of
  >   messages about how there's an ip<BR>address conflict with another device on
  >   the system (there are only our<BR>two laptops on the system). Or it would say
  >   that there's limited<BR>connectivity. So I went online and tried to look up
  >   what might be the<BR>problem, and I concluded that it might be that we were
  >   set up to obtain<BR>an ip address automatically and as a result being handed
  >   out the same<BR>address, or something. So I tried setting up static ip
  >   addresses<BR>according to <A
  >   href="http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm">http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm</A>,
  >   but<BR>that didn't work either. I've also done the whole restarting
  >   the<BR>router, restarting the computer thing. How can I go about fixing
  >   this<BR>thing?<BR><BR>Thanks.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
  >
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