Hello,
— I have a DSL modem connected to a 1-8 Hub.
— This Hub is connected to 2 things:
– a PC with XP Pro and
– a (WesternDigital NetCenter) Network Drive (N/w Drive)
Situation:
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My PC has good internet access.
But I cannot “see” the Network Drive. (??)
My N/w Drive has a Unique IP addr: 192.168.0.19.
(I cannot change this IP addr till I see it on the LAN)
I have successfully pinged that IP address. So, there is a physical connection.
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping 192.168.0.19
Pinging 192.168.0.19 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.0.19: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=63 Reply from 192.168.0.19: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=63 Reply from 192.168.0.19: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=63 Reply from 192.168.0.19: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=63 Ping statistics for 192.168.0.19: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms My Network Connections confuses me. It shows: - Local Area Connection - 1394 Connection - Local Area Connection 2 (This is checked with Red) I also did this: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain_not_set.invalid
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 69.236.116.182
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 69.236.116.181
My Questions:
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1. What are all these Local Area Connections?
2. Why do I have 2 of them?
3. I will be adding a Win 98 PC to the Hub. How do I get it to do File Sharing, Print Sharing and get it connected to Internet.
4. Is it wrong to use a DSLmodem <-> Hub <-> PC, PC architecture?
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. Raj