LAN CONNECTIONS

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Hiral - Jan 14, 2011 at 10:18 AM
jack4rall Posts 6428 Registration date Sunday June 6, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen July 16, 2020 - Jan 14, 2011 at 11:41 AM
Hello,






please can you help me with the LAN connections
I have got a Project In Diploma
I need to connect 2 PC
in a LAN coonection via a CROSS-cable
-I tried to connect the PC with Cross cable
-Both were with same Name
-Then i tried to Ping their IP Addresses
-But on one of the PC On Pinging i am getting and error
'Request Timed Out'
Pls let me know if i need any other settings
Both Pc are with different Operating Systems
One is with Vista and second is Windows XP
Pls help me with this as soon as possible
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jack4rall Posts 6428 Registration date Sunday June 6, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen July 16, 2020
Jan 14, 2011 at 11:41 AM
Hello,

Try this 1

Make sure the computer names are different.

Make sure the "Workgroup" name is same for the both the PC's.

Then try to ping from one computer to the other.

If the problem still exists then check your firewall. Disable the firewall and try to

ping the computer.

Good Luck