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Jeremy
04-08-02, 10:06 PM
my pc (below) now uses a cable modem. My friend (at 2 locations) uses two different configurations:

location 1:
AMD Athlon 1GHz--------Hub
Pentium MMX 200-------Hub
External ADSL modem--Hub (he has 2 ips)

location 2:
AMD XP 1700+-----------Switch
Pentium 2 350MHz------Switch
\
Internal ADSL modem-------Phone line

We can both make a speedy WAN with the 1000 at location 1, but the other location 2 has a problem. Using ics, we can't seem to WAN. At location 2, he can get into my pc and printers fine, but i can't hack him. If for example the P2 350 is called "Pentium" while the XP is called "AMD", i typed this into the windows lmhosts file to enable WAN (fake ip address):

11.11.11.11 Pentium

When i run //pentium, it doesn't work; "cannot fine the computer specified"
When he does the same thing with "133", he gets a window with drives c, d, etc. and printers "Laserjet", "Deskjet", "officejet", etc. Any network gurus know how to fix it?

BDillon21
04-18-02, 02:32 PM
Is it a typo that you typed //pentium??

Because the correct switch would be \\pentium

That would make a world of difference.

Jeremy
04-18-02, 06:16 PM
oops. typo mistake i think. been typing URLs too much :D yes i meant to be \\pentium\