Win XP Home <-> Win 2000 Pro ping fails

[vbportal]

Hi,
I'm very new to networking and have most probably
not read/understood everything - so mea culpa in advance

My Hardware is as follows:
PC1 - Win2000 pro
AT2500 PCI NIC
PC2 - Win XP home (connected to internet via DSL AT-AR215 modem) network via Onboard Intel NIC
PC3(to be included in the future) - Linux router (this PC is not used at the moment but I include it in case
anyone has any comment regarding impact of its inclusion).

What I want to do at the moment is simply connect PC1 and PC2 via cross connect cable / share files (to copy files etc for backup).

I have done the config as well as I know and get the following result after I do "ipconfig" on each PC and use the respective IP addresses:

PC1 ping -> PC1 OK
-> PC2 timeout

PC2 ping -> PC1 OK
-> PC2 timeout

Any hints what mistake I'm making ?(saw faq779-1394
but can't get past the "ping" step.)
(BTW, I'm not clear on what the Gateway in this case is
and whether I should just use some fixed IP addresses)
I have included the ipconfig/all info below (with some changes in nos )

PC2 - Windows XP Home IP Configuration
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Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PC3
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : lan.lan1
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : lan.lan1

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-ED-3D-0C-86
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.248.8
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter AT-AR215:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 03-53-45-30-40-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 80.142.129.55
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 80.142.129.55
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 212.185.249.84
194.25.2.129

PC1 -Windows 2000-IP-Konfiguration
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(I'm in Germany so this version is German in case the
language hits you, ja =yes, nein = no)

Hostname. . . . . . . . . . . . . : pc2
Primäres DNS-Suffix . . . . . . . : lan.lan1
Knotentyp . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcastadapter
IP-Routing aktiviert. . . . . . . : Nein
WINS-Proxy aktiviert. . . . . . . : Nein

Ethernetadapter "LAN-Verbindung":

Verbindungsspezifisches DNS-Suffix:
Beschreibung. . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139(A)-basierter PCI-Fas
t Ethernet-Adapter
Physikalische Adresse . . . . . . : 00-67-84-54-03-1E
DHCP-aktiviert. . . . . . . . . . : Ja
Autokonfiguration aktiviert . . . : Ja
IP-Adresse (Autokonfiguration). . : 169.254.8.5
Subnetzmaske. . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Standardgateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS-Server. . . . . . . . . . . . :

 

[jrbarnett]

The XP Home isn't getting an IP address. The 169.254.x.x range is the autoconfigure range used by Win2K/XP when they can't get one from a DHCP server.

To get around this, either give them a fixed address from one of the private ranges (192.168.x.x, 172.16.x.x or 10.x.x.x) with only one address different.

Alternatively, put a DHCP server on your Linux box and use this as the gateway to the LAN connection.

John

 

[jrbarnett]

In fact, make that both machines have autoconfigure addresses.
Do you have a hub or switch that you could connect them to, then get everything running?

John