Networking 2 Home Pc's thru Router with cable modem

[OHIOHONEY]

I cant seem to get this to work.. one pc works but the other one wont no matter what i try. both have windows xp, and Ive tried the whole network setup, neither will ping the other and Im at a loss.. neither is a host computer, could that be the problem?

 

[JCinottawa]

DHCP is enabled on the router?

 

[OHIOHONEY]

yes it is enabled

 

[JCinottawa]

So in effect the router is the host; manages the IPs and makes the initial connection. When you say, you have done the network set-up, has the second computer (doesn't connect) been configured for dynamic IP, etc...?

 

[OHIOHONEY]

yes its been configured to obtain ip automatically.

 

[RealBlackStuff]

Have a look at the attachment in post #5 by me here:
Modem won't connect through ethernet