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Old 05-08-2007   #5 (permalink)
Chuck


 
 

Re: XP Host - Vista Client On Adhoc Network

On Tue, 8 May 2007 05:57:20 -0500, BLADESMAN <BLADESMAN.2q9gy7@no-mx.forums.net>
wrote:

>
>Reguarding firewall issues, that wasn't the problem as all firewalls
>were disabled.
>
>In order to see both pcs on the network I re-assigned ip addresses to
>both adapters on the host pc by allowing automatic ip addressing.
>
>Details as follows:
>
>_Host_pc_
>
>Local Area Connection - 192.168.0.2
>Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0
>Default Gateway - 192.168.0.1
>
>Wireless Connection - 172.189.9.143
>Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.255
>Default Gateway - 172.189.9.143
>
>_Client_pc_
>
>Wireless Adapter - 169.254.222.217
>Subnet Mask - 255.255.0.0
>
>As previously stated, I can see and share files on both pcs though my
>client pc shows the network as being unidentified. I cannot access the
>internet on the client pc.
>
>Can anyone help?


Your client computer doesn't have a default gateway. That's how you access the
Internet (or other networks).

Posting complete and unmunged "ipconfig /all" logs would be a big help here.
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