"john_cena" wrote:

>
> hi, Kinetix
>
> The problem that you cannot connect with other computer is thata you
> are using a APIPA IP address Automatic Private IP Adddress. This happes
> when your computer trys to find for a DHCP server (Dynamic Host
> Configuration Protocol Server). What you need to do is Either setup a
> DHCP on your Router or Server. Or use a Static IP address on all
> computers in the same IP range. To way to do this one using the gui toll
> which you said didnt work. so you can try this in command line
>
> netsh interface ip set address name=" Local Area Connection 2" static
> 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1
>
> 192.168.0.100 is your ip address
> 255.255.255.0 is your subnetmask
> 192.168.0.0 is your defult gateway (your routers interface)
>
> tha above is just a example you can use any range that you want
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Cheers !!
>
>
> --
> john_cena
>
> -Shihan Sylvester Pietersz-
> -(MCP,MCSA,MCSE+Security,MCSE+Messeging-
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>
Hi John,
Thanks for the advice, but I haven't been able to resolve the problem.
Having tried various combinations of static ip addresses (and DHCP) on both
computers, I finally decided to try the registry entry that you suggested,
but got the message " The requested operation requires elevation".
Help! : )
Kinetix