Techy home network help needed

Ok long story short two laptops one internet connection. Win XP on
both.

Laptops connected by cable they see each other but all I get is
limited or no connectivity?

Ran the set up wizard on both boxes still no joy.

I know Im a bit of a muppet but this is supposed to be easy wtf am I
doing wrong.

 

Just get a cheap router. No hassles then and far more secure. ~£10-£15 these
days.
Item number: 320143111709something like this (assuming you're on ADSL)

JB

 

Same cable that used to connect the somewhat flooded tower to either
of the two laptops and that worked fine?

It connects to both the network connectors I really dont know what it
is called.

When I click the repair button it just comes up with unable to renew
your IP?


DD

 

Arse! Foiled again. I blame the Bishop's Tipple. h yes indeedy.

JB

 

Bad form I know to reply to ones own post but I have fixed it!!!!

I have no fuckin idea what i have done but it work now.

Thanks anyway

DD

 

Main thing is to set the second laptop -- the one without the BB
modem -- as a standard "I connect to the network by asking for a DHCP
address", so you can then take it to work and plug into the net there and
not have to change a thing. Then on the machine with the modem use the
Wizard to set it up (IIRC, I haven't done this for a while) as "I connect
to the internet and every other bugger connects through me!" Then that
laptop hands out DHCP addresses and does the NAT thingy automagically.
Worked fine for me for a couple of years with an Alcatel USB modem on my
old laptop and my work laptop plugged into it, Brunel, or CERN depending
where I was.

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