A3000 -> XP Pro PC

[mikey2001]

Hello people, I am currently having a few problems with my network setup.

I have a XP Pro PC connected to a 4 port Ethernet hub which in turn is connected to an ADSL router. There is also a Win 98 machine connected to the hub. I also have an A3000 with an Ariadne network card and AmiTCP installed. I thought it would be a good idea to network the three machines together but I am having no joy.

I have 'pinged' the A3000 in the shell and the Ariadne is definately working, as are the PC network cards, as the PCs can see each other but not the Amiga.

Please be gentle, I have been away from the scene since 1999 and only recently started getting back into Amigas again.  :-)

[mikey2001]

AFAIK the router uses DHCP and the IP address is not fixed on the PC side. SAMBA is configured as well AFAIK.  :-)

[mikey2001]

I do know the IP addresses of the network:

Router: 192.168.0.1
XP PC: 192.168.0.3
A3000: 192.168.0.30

(Not too bothered about the other PC at this moment in time)

Mike

[mikey2001]

NMBD? SMBD? Im sorry, im not really a networking person, i dont have much experience networking any computers let alone Amigas lol!

I think using fixed IP addresses on both sides maybe the way to go though...  :-)

[mikey2001]

Erm...... I don't know what to say really. As I have said before I am not a networkin person, but when noticed that the piece of Cat 5 cable had a 'cross-wired cable' label on one end I thought "what would happen if I changed the cable?"

Yes exactly, everything worked first time and I can now communicate between the two machines. Definately a case of you learn by your own mistakes....  :roll:  :oops:  :oops:  :oops:

Many thanks to all those who offered their advice and expertise though.  :-)

Mike