How To Make A Local Area Connection

[WhiteTiger]

PLEZZZ some one help me
I cant get my host pc on the Internet I need to make a Local Area Connection but I tryed to make on and when I get to the end on the new connection wizard it dus F*** all no Local Area Connection is in my networkConnections

this is what I do on the networkConnections wizard

Connect to the internet-Next>
Set up my Connections manually-Next>
Connect using a broadband Connections that is always on-Next>
Finish>

and F*** All happens:argh:

 

[DeathWish]

you have actually connected your computers with a network cable havnt you?

 

[WhiteTiger]

yes I have

 

[DeathWish]

can you ping each other?


goto start > run > type cmd press enter > type ipconfig copy the IP Address from that computer to your other...

goto start > run type cmd press enter > type ping then put the ip here

then repeat that on the other computer

if you get a reply then tell me if u dont then u aint got a connection... between ur computers

 

[WhiteTiger]

there is no Local Area Connection so i cant do that till i make one >.< and i dont know how to make one

 

[Wittin]

What type of LAN are you attempting to create? Peer to peer, or are you using an access point(eg. Hub or Switch)/router? When you link two computers, windows xp will automatically recognise there is a LAN, therefore it sounds to me that you might be using the wrong network cables, are you using Patch or Crossover?

 

[Insane]

there is no Local Area Connection so i cant do that till i make one >.< and i dont know how to make one

You shouldnt need to make a local area connection.... if you have a network card in your PC you should be able to plug it into the modem/router and run the install CD and bobs yer uncle.

If you cant get a connection, chances are theres no drivers/f00ked drivers on your lan adaptor.... ive never seen a situation ever were you have to run the 'create a local area connection wizard' to get connected to broadband.

check all your hardware in device manager, if ok, re-install drivers for your LAN card, then re-install any CD that came with your broadband package. Also make sure your not using reverse LAN cables, ie. crossover when you should be using patch & patch when you should be using crossover etc.

Urban may be able to help further, but do all them checks first mate and wait for him to come online if you dont get it sorted first.