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Using 2 laptops on a LAN

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by me(who else?), Mar 12, 2004.

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  1. me(who else?) Newcomer, in training

    I recently had a buddy of mine over to play some games over my wireless LAN. Turns out we both have identical laptops ;) . Anyways, when he turned on his W-LAN card, neither of our connections worked. His computer said there was an IP address conflict, so I ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew ed a few times on both machines, to no avail. This isn't an imediate concern, but it might get hairy if I don't fix it (especially if I decide to have a LAN party :dead: ). Thanks in Advance.
    me(who else?), Mar 12, 2004
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  2. RealBlackStuff Newcomer, in training

    Look in your network settings. Most likely you will find that both your laptops have 192.168.0.1 as IP-address, and 255.255.255.0 as subnet. Even the Default Gateway may be the same!
    The IP's should be different like 0.1 and 0.2 in the end.

    Also, to connect 2 PCs/laptops only, you will need a different cat5-cable, not the normal straight/patch cable but a cross-over cable.

    Finally, you will need to enter each other's UserID/password in the User-area and make shared HD etc. available.
    RealBlackStuff, Mar 13, 2004
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  3. me(who else?) Newcomer, in training

    How can Ichange my network settijngs? Like I said, i tried disconnecting and reconmnecting and releasing my IP address and refreshing it, but my router still assigns both laptops the same IP. As for wiring laptops, I plug 2 Cat5 cables into my router (it has 4 slots to plug in CAT5 cables, as well as a wireless transmitter).
    me(who else?), Mar 13, 2004
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  4. Didou Bowtie extraordinair!

    Check your router settings. Maybe it has been set to allocate only one IP at a time.
    Didou, Mar 13, 2004
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  5. me(who else?) Newcomer, in training

    Uh-oh!

    There's only one problem...I can't remember the password for my router. I think I know the password, but I can't remeber what the default user's name is. I had the password saved in my Netscape password manager, but I had to wipe my cache to fix a problem I was having. Does anybody have a D-LINK, or do they know how I can reset the software on the router?
    me(who else?), Mar 13, 2004
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  6. RealBlackStuff Newcomer, in training

    Everybody knows that the default login and password for a D-link is "admin" and no password.

    If you never changed that, you are asking to be hacked!
    RealBlackStuff, Mar 14, 2004
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  7. me(who else?) Newcomer, in training

    I changed the password and I set up an another account on it, but I couldn't remember the username. Now I just gotta figure out which pass I used.

    edit: I got it. Unfortunately, I don't see any settings which control how many laptops could be connected wirelessly. It has a setting for channels, will that work(right now it's set to 6),or will it improve my preformance to change it?
    me(who else?), Mar 14, 2004
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  8. Didou Bowtie extraordinair!

    Is there an option to set the IP range of allocated adresses ? Something that would allow you to allocate IPs from 192.168.0.2 -> 192.168.0.6 for example.
    Didou, Mar 14, 2004
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  9. me(who else?) Newcomer, in training

    Nope, nothing like that...the setup is a very basic web based interface...all the LAN came with was an instruction manual disk and the router, which has the setup software loaded into it.
    me(who else?), Mar 14, 2004
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  10. RealBlackStuff Newcomer, in training

    RealBlackStuff, Mar 15, 2004
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  11. lowman Newcomer, in training

    Can you verify that both laptops are set up to receive a dynamic IP address, instead of having a static one assigned? You could try assigning an address on the default segment to each laptop (different ones of course) and see if that alleviates the problem.
    lowman, Mar 15, 2004
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  12. me(who else?) Newcomer, in training

    The dymanic IP address might work...how do I set that? Right now it says my IP is assigned by DHCP.
    me(who else?), Mar 15, 2004
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  13. young&wild TechSpot Chancellor

    Username:admin
    Password:admin
    young&wild, Mar 16, 2004
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