How the heck do you network xp to 2000???

[Oliver]

Am I correct in thinking you had previously been sharing the WinXP PC's connection with your Amiga, but now you have swapped the Amiga for a Win2k PC?  The XP box, with the modem connected to it, should act as a router, and the 2000 box should be set to obtain its IP address automatically.  Can you give some details about what settings you've made with the software?

I'm not sure about the 'cable unplugged' error.  It's the same cable you used successfully before, right?  Is it a crossover cable?

[Oliver]

Gav wrote:
ok so is this correct?
On the xp box here are my settings...

ip address 192.168.0.1
subnet mask 255 255 255.0
gateway 192.168.0.2

windows2000

ip 192.168.0.2
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1

I don't think the gateway addresses are set up correctly.  The xp box, with the modem attached, will act as the gateway for the 2000 box, but not the other way around.  I believe the gateway for the xp box is the server which it connects to at your isp.  You wouldn't normally have to set this manually.

I think in xp, you can right click on the icon for your network connection, select properties, and then advanced, and check the appropriate boxes for internet connection sharing.  I think if you have the addresses set correctly in your 2000 box, then it should be able to access the internet through the xp box, using it as a gateway.  I'm not sure if you have to tell it specifically to do this.  I've never made this kind of set up myself, as I use a h/w router.

Have you looked at a web page like this yet?

Good luck.

[Oliver]

I also recommend using the autoconfig options.  It seems you have already tried this, but maybe you made some innapropriate choices along the way.  I also recommend reading some more tutorials about it online.

The XP box will most likely be assigned an IP address automatically from your ISP.  Your 2000 box should also be able to get its IP address from your xp box.  I haven't done this before, but I think you should be able to find out how, if you look around.  o/w, maybe try a windows support forum.

Good luck.

Oli