I was trying to set-up a home network so my second computer (upstairs) can access the network through ICS via my new gaming rig. My mobo is a MSI K8N Neo4 SLI Platinum with 2 LAN ports. On is Wavell LAN and other is 1394.
The Wavell is working correctly and is currently connected to internet through my ISP cable modem. The 1394 will NOT configure for this because I get a Windows message saying TCP/IP not activated on this network connection.
The properies window shows the TCP/IP protocol and it IS checked. I can set auto detect IP or I can set it to 192.168.0.1 with subnet 255.255.255.0 as instructed from web site about setting ICS network on the 1394, but it's like Windows doesn't recognize this.
My OS is XP SP2. I've not used 1394 before so not sure if it supports TCP/IP.
The two computers are connected via a cross-over cable. The upstaris computer (also XP, but no SP2 yet)is all set with the workgroup and set to auto detect IP etc.
Any suggestions, or am I barking up the wrong tree with the 1394 port?
The Wavell is working correctly and is currently connected to internet through my ISP cable modem. The 1394 will NOT configure for this because I get a Windows message saying TCP/IP not activated on this network connection.
The properies window shows the TCP/IP protocol and it IS checked. I can set auto detect IP or I can set it to 192.168.0.1 with subnet 255.255.255.0 as instructed from web site about setting ICS network on the 1394, but it's like Windows doesn't recognize this.
My OS is XP SP2. I've not used 1394 before so not sure if it supports TCP/IP.
The two computers are connected via a cross-over cable. The upstaris computer (also XP, but no SP2 yet)is all set with the workgroup and set to auto detect IP etc.
Any suggestions, or am I barking up the wrong tree with the 1394 port?