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MonsterKingRen · 07-19-2005, 02:59 PM

And while mongooses are excellent at killing cobras, they just don't quite cut it on, you know, exchanging information through a network of computers.

Now, here's the thing. This is a "game" computer. I use it for games. Somewhere else in the world, more possibly in my house, is a "work" computer used for WORK ! Okay okay and as you might have now guessed, the dear "work" computer is connected to the internet via DSL and is all happy with it's friends computer, exchanging jolly little kilobytes of blissfull information at the expected rather high speed. This computer is also connected to the "game" computer with a fun blue wire and some networking information which is slightly out of reach of my current information but can be easily retrieved if needed. However, the "work" computer and the "game" computer suffer from a bad relationship and thus both think they are the only ones in the small MSHOME network they live in. In spite of that, the "game" computer discovered it could connect to the internet through some strange IP address (which happens to be the "work" computer's, but it seems he didn't bother to say hi.) and a few DNS protocols I understand only slightly, but the main problem is this: On a "game" computer you expect to play games, and some of them on the internet. And while the unknown unfriendly internet connection allows for checking things on the net and writing in forums, it sorts of disconnects randomly and reconnects shortly thereafter. However, in the past, they both had a marvellous relationship based on trust and proper configuration, but all that has been lost due to a well needed formatting of the "game" computer. Yet, in those days, the connection was constant, and the sunny little computer twins were shining in the bottom right task bar of happiness. The fact that they both work under different versions of windows seems to make all things sadder. The "game" computer being the one with more problems which were not solved by psychiatric consultation, was given priority. For future reference though it will be mentioned again, the "work" computer works with XP home.

I am far from being the dumbest man in the world (and the most modest), but I am not necessairly the most well-informed. Expect me to ask few questions. But not none. Just few. And answer many of yours. Easily. Or at least, with more consistence than "My network card ? Gee, I don't know, I've got this blue wire thing."

Thank you for any future help.

07-19-2005, 02:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
MonsterKingRen Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 8 OS: Win98	Internet sharing configured like a mongoose. Really. And while mongooses are excellent at killing cobras, they just don't quite cut it on, you know, exchanging information through a network of computers. Now, here's the thing. This is a "game" computer. I use it for games. Somewhere else in the world, more possibly in my house, is a "work" computer used for WORK ! Okay okay and as you might have now guessed, the dear "work" computer is connected to the internet via DSL and is all happy with it's friends computer, exchanging jolly little kilobytes of blissfull information at the expected rather high speed. This computer is also connected to the "game" computer with a fun blue wire and some networking information which is slightly out of reach of my current information but can be easily retrieved if needed. However, the "work" computer and the "game" computer suffer from a bad relationship and thus both think they are the only ones in the small MSHOME network they live in. In spite of that, the "game" computer discovered it could connect to the internet through some strange IP address (which happens to be the "work" computer's, but it seems he didn't bother to say hi.) and a few DNS protocols I understand only slightly, but the main problem is this: On a "game" computer you expect to play games, and some of them on the internet. And while the unknown unfriendly internet connection allows for checking things on the net and writing in forums, it sorts of disconnects randomly and reconnects shortly thereafter. However, in the past, they both had a marvellous relationship based on trust and proper configuration, but all that has been lost due to a well needed formatting of the "game" computer. Yet, in those days, the connection was constant, and the sunny little computer twins were shining in the bottom right task bar of happiness. The fact that they both work under different versions of windows seems to make all things sadder. The "game" computer being the one with more problems which were not solved by psychiatric consultation, was given priority. For future reference though it will be mentioned again, the "work" computer works with XP home. I am far from being the dumbest man in the world (and the most modest), but I am not necessairly the most well-informed. Expect me to ask few questions. But not none. Just few. And answer many of yours. Easily. Or at least, with more consistence than "My network card ? Gee, I don't know, I've got this blue wire thing." Thank you for any future help.