[Naga]

Networking is the bane for me, i truly hate it

specifics:

my computer is connected threw a westell/bellsouth DSL router; an orange crossover connects my computer to a second computer in the house which has the printer

I want to access that printer, and that computer wants to assess to my DSL connection

this has worked in the past, but things went screwy, and i have to rebuild the connection from the ground up, any help would be appreciated

thanks

Naga

[BASSMASTER]

Connecting the computer through a crossover cable, you'll have to set up Internet Connection Sharing, but if you have a router, that's really not the best way to do what your trying to do.

My suggestion would be to get rid of the crossover cable, and connect the second PC to the router with a lenght of CAT5 cable. Then just set both PC's to obtain IP addresses automatically. This way you don't have to have PC #1 on for PC #2 to get online.

Then just go to your printer properties, enable sharing, then go to add printers wizard on the other PC, map it, and you should be all set.

Project time 1/2 hour, difficulty level very simple

[Naga]

ill give it a shot, thanks

the way i had it before did work tho, i just forget

[Nilhanth]

I am having this exact same problem with a friend's network, but he doesn't have router!

Are there any 'step-by-step' instructions for networking with DSL and crossover cable?

Exactly the same setup....... Two computer connected via crossover, and one of them has DSL. I just can't seem to get the other to connect to the DSL!?! They're deffinitely connected properly because I pinged each of them from one to the other and it was all fine........AND I can successfully file share!..... just not Internet share!?!

Any help would be great! Thanks!