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joeboy235   02-14-2012 at 10:17:08 AM
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Hi there,

 

As of this week, I have:

 

1 Desktop (XP)
1 Imac G5
and 1 'new' Laptop (XP)

 


Before the laptop, I've had the PC and Imac in a LAN; Worked sharing files.

 


To test the laptop, I unplugged the Imac from the LAN, and plugged the Ethernet cable into the Laptop.

 

-Put the PC and the laptop in the same work-group; worked fine, shared files and internet

 


Then, I bought another NIC,

 

-Installed fine
-Installed drivers fine
-All recognized

 


I plugged both the Imac and the Laptop in,

 

-Since then, I can only get either 1 to work:

 


-Disable one of the NIC's = Imac or Laptop works

 

If both are enabled = Nothing works

 


No idea, any help would be great,
Joe.

 


Message edited by joeboy235 on 02-14-2012 at 10:25:44 AM
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Emerald   02-14-2012 at 03:44:57 PM
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why did you add the second network card?

do you have a router?

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joeboy235   02-14-2012 at 09:26:29 PM
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-I added the second network card so I could have both the iMac and laptop connected to the pc at the same time.

-No router; connects to the internet via USB ADSL adapter

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Emerald   02-15-2012 at 04:31:53 AM
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take out the second network card and use a switch instate since it will not work with two network cards

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joeboy235   02-15-2012 at 09:20:34 AM
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Using a switch, is it possible to set different access rights to the different computers?

   

Also, would the set up be like this:

 


"Desktop PC" (Internet + Files)

 

into "Switch" via ethernet

 


and then:

 


"Switch"

 

into "Laptop" via ethernet

 

and "Imac" via ethernet

 


Message edited by joeboy235 on 02-15-2012 at 09:26:07 AM
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Emerald   02-15-2012 at 06:10:40 PM
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Quote :

Also, would the set up be like this:



"Desktop PC" (Internet + Files)


into "Switch" via ethernet



and then:



"Switch"


into "Laptop" via ethernet


and "Imac" via ethernet



Yes

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