Bob Jones wrote:
I have a PC running XP Pro and a notebook running XP Home.They are connected
with a RJ-45 crossover network cable.

I run the wizard on both ends and the network works fine.Over a period of
days I can boot up the notebook and I have limited connectivity (PC is up
and running).I run repair on the nic card and it says unable to renew the IP
address.

After much experimenting I must re-run the wizard on the PC and run repair
on the notebook to re-establish the network.When I re-run the wizard the
original check marks have changed and I have to re-check them.

Also can anyone point me to simple docs on setting up and maintaining this
network as well as file sharing?

Thanks in advance.

Bob



Forget the wizard.

Assuming that the only network connections you have are via the
cross-over cable,

1. In Network Connections, right-click on the icon for your Local Area
Connection, select Properties, on the "General" tab select the entry for
"Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and click the Properties button.

2. Click the radio button to "Use the following IP address"

3. On computer 1, enter the following IP address and subnet mask:
192.168.1.1
255.255.255.0

4. On computer 2, enter the following IP address and subnet mask:
192.168.1.2
255.255.255.0

5. OK your way out.

You can, of course, use any 2 IP addresses in the following ranges,
*as long as they are in the same subnet*

192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255
172.16.0.0 through 172.31.255.255
10.0.0.0 through 10.255.255.255

But assuming that you don't understand subnet masks and what it means to
"be in the same subnet," stick with the values I suggested.

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