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Originally posted by dieseldog
I don't know if this is your problem or not, but unless your cable provider specifically says that you are allowed multiple internet IP addresses, you will need to install a router.
If both computers are connected to a plain hub, which in turn is connected to the cable modem, then the two computers will try to get IP internet IP addresses from your cable provider's DHCP server. If your account only includes one IP (as most cable accounts do), then there will be problems.
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This is somewhat incorrect... If you are on cable or dsl, then tcp/ip will get an IP from the dhcp server or be static. You will want to turn off Netbios access over tcp/ip...
If you install the netbeui protocol (located on the windows xp cd) on both comptuers, you should have no problems. You may want to disable the XP firewall on both computers though.
The great thing about netbuei is that there is no configuration needed. Also, it is non-routable, so if you have netbios disabled on TCP/IP, you can still fileshare with netbios without worrying about someone accessing your computer across the internet.
I use a plain old hub right now. I have 3 computers connected to the hub this way. I get my IPs from DHCP and I do all my filesharing thru netbeui....
The reason I do this is because I get 3mb download speeds on all 3 of my computers at the same time. If I was to hook into a router, then I would have to share 3 mb with all of my computers.