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Hi all, hello Madhur,

thank you for your input. I configured everything as you said; here's the 
output of ipconfig /all on the two PCs:


1 - on the Win2000 machine:
---------------------------

Windows 2000-IP-Konfiguration

 	Hostname. . . . . . . . . . . . . : svejk
 	Prim�res DNS-Suffix . . . . . . . :
 	Knotentyp . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcastadapter
 	IP-Routing aktiviert. . . . . . . : Ja
 	WINS-Proxy aktiviert. . . . . . . : Nein

Ethernetadapter "LAN-Verbindung":

 	Beschreibung. . . . . . . . . . . : Sitecom PCI Fast 10/100 
Ethernet Adapter LN-020
 	Physikalische Adresse . . . . . . : 00-50-BF-A6-37-56
 	DHCP-aktiviert. . . . . . . . . . : Nein
 	IP-Adresse. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
 	Subnetzmaske. . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
 	Standardgateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
 	DNS-Server. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

PPP-Adapter  "ZEDAT/Mediaways/Andrei":

       Verbindungsspezifisches DNS-Suffix:
       Beschreibung. . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
       Physikalische Adresse . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
       DHCP-aktiviert. . . . . . . . . . : Nein
       IP-Adresse. . . . . . . . . . . . : XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
       Subnetzmaske. . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
       Standardgateway . . . . . . . . . : XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
       DNS-Server. . . . . . . . . . . . : XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
[I XXX-ed out the actual IPs of my dialup connection; they're irrelevant, 
besides, you never know...]
       NetBIOS �ber TCP/IP . . . . . . . : Deaktiviert

2 - on the Win95 machine:
-------------------------

Windows 98 IP-Konfiguration
[It says "Windows 98" although it's Win95 because the original Win95 
installation didn't include the ipconfig.exe program; it was installed 
later with some update package.]
 	Hostname . . . . . . . . . : compaq
 	DNS-Server  . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
 	Knotentyp . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
 	NetBIOS-Bereichs-ID . . . . :
 	IP-Routing aktiviert. . . . : Nein
 	WINS-Proxy aktiviert. . . . : Nein
 	NetBIOS-Aufl�sung mit DNS . : Ja

0 Ethernet Adapter :

 	Beschreibung. . . . . . . . : Novell 2000 Adapter.
 	Physische Adresse . . . . . : 08-00-17-08-DF-A3
 	DHCP aktiviert. . . . . . . : Nein
 	IP-Adresse. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
 	Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
 	Standard-Gateway . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
 	Erster WINS-Server . . . . :
 	Zweiter WINS-Server . . . :
 	G�ltig seit. . .  . . . . :
 	G�ltig bis . . . . .   . . :

1 Ethernet Adapter :

 	Beschreibung. . . . . . . . : PPP Adapter.
 	Physische Adresse . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-00-00
 	DHCP aktiviert. . . . . . . : Ja
 	IP-Adresse. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
 	Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
 	Standard-Gateway . . . . . . :
 	DHCP-Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
 	Erster WINS-Server . . . . :
 	Zweiter WINS-Server . . . :
 	G�ltig seit. . .  . . . . :
 	G�ltig bis . . . . .   . . :


However, pinging between the two computers still doesn't work.

I thought maybe the cable's no good, but some type of electrical impulses 
must be getting through since Win2000 senses when there's a cable 
connecting the two PCs; unplug either one and Win2000 will notify you 
through a small tray symbol.

Of course, that doesn't rule out that the cable doesn't work _properly_... 
Also I know there's a cable length limit between two nodes of an Ethernet 
network; however I believe my 30 m cable doesn't exceed it.

Anything left for me to try?

Thanks in advance,

Andrei


On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Madhur Ahuja wrote:

> Serban Andrei Dumitrescu <sad@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>
> [snip]
>> I've installed (if it wasn't already) NetBEUI and TCP/IP on both PCs,
>> set their IPs to 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2, respectively (subnet
>> mask: 255.255.255.0), set the Win2000 machine (192.168.0.1) as the
>> default gateway, added (if not already there) "Client for MS
>> Networks" and "File & Printer Sharing", set up a common workgroup,
>> added on the Win2000 PC another user named exactly as the default
>> user on the Win95 machine (and with the same - blank - password)
>> because some guys on the 'net said it would be a good idea.
>
> Yes, you require the common username and password for resource sharing.
>
>> Also I've
>> created an entry for each PC in both the hosts file and the lmhosts
>> file on both computers (disabling WINS and specifying to use LMHOSTS
>> instead). All to no avail; NETBIOS names aren't translated to IP
>> adresses, and pinging another PC by its IP number won't work either.
>> Needless to say, there isn't any "personal firewall" running that
>> could block requests.
>
> If you cannot ping the other machine by IP number, then dont expect anything
> to
> occur through netbios. ping determines the basic network connectivity. To
> resolve this
> make sure that LAN connection is enabled in Win2k, and the lights on the
> ethernet card
> are on.
>
> Also paste here the contents of *ipconfig /all* of both computers.
>
>> Now here are some more specific questions:
>>
>> - Do I need to have NETBEUI installed at all? Not necessarily,
>> according to my previous experience with Win95/WinNT networks,
>> however those were large corporate networks with dedicated DNS
>> servers, WINS servers, gateways etc. With my 2-PC-network I tried it
>> both with and without NETBEUI (that is, with only TCP/IP as the
>> default protocol), with no success either way.
>
> Dont know about this one.
>
>> - Enable NETBios over TCP/IP or not? I've actually tried both already
>> in different configurations; no luck.
>
> If you need to see shares with \\computer , you need to enable netbios.
>
>> - Enable or disable DNS? Since I've no DNS server software running on
>> neither PC, it seemed obvious to me to disable it; I also tried a
>> configuration with DNS enabled, but no DNS server specified, and still
>> another one when I specified the Win2000 machine as DNS server. None
>> worked.
>
> It depends on how you to choose the share the Internet. If you are using
> built in Internet Connection sharing(ICS) then you have to set both DNS and
> gateway to 192.168.0.1
>
>> - I hear contradictory stuff about "Master browsing". Indeed, on the
>> Win95 system there are to options (variables) that can be set up
>> under "File and Printer Sharing": the first one (the upper one) is
>> called something like "LM-Service" (default: "No") and another one
>> below it called something like "Browsing" (default: Auto). I can't
>> tell the exact English names because I'm actually running the German
>> version of Windows. Should I change any of these two values?
>
> No, keep them as it is.
>
>> - Finally, anything obvious I might have overlooked? Any way to test
>> the cable itself?
>
> Yes, if you cannot ping by IP, this could be an issue. Try replacing the
> cable.
>
>> Thanks a bunch - any suggestions would be highly appreciated!
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Andrei
>
> --
> Madhur Ahuja [madhur<underscore>ahuja<at>yahoo<dot>com]
>
> Homepage
> http://madhur.netfirms.com
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