Windows XP forum: Firewire Networking and TCP/IP Issues...

twhen you use any network utilitys in microsoft my frist recommendation is to get your network behind a friewall router all routers are not firewalls unless it says built in firewall second you have to use auto ip as when your dns tries to update in manual mode it will retain the same info and dates instead of updating to new LEASE if you dont have a router and u connect your network to your isp network then your network becomes your isps network also and that can lead to a whole host of problems including someone jacking your connection but all you need to do if you are behind a router and the router is set at auto DHCP most routers are defualt like that then your router will update its new lease but your computer will not i recommend that you turn everything back to auto and make sure that you do an ip release and renew after you change your settings when you set your ip address as static and turned on file and printer sharing if you do not know any thing about network security then you will increase your chances of being hacked 100% and because you set your computers address at a static address it causes your computers info and lease to never be changed or renewd it just keeps using the same info and over and over unless your are going to host a web server \game server you should never use a static ip address or file and printer sharing with out knowing security and if you arent behind a router then your network is on your isp network and hacker (a) is enjoying your bandwidth i suggest you do searchs on netwoking on the net to try and understand what you have put your network up against and more then likly some one on your NODE is the culprit if you dont under stand any of the security stuff fom any of your searches then i would take down your network right away before it gets worse then what has happened now and you can fill in the info if u must use STATIC IP ADDRESS
33x1

1. Is the cable good? They do fail.
2. Does ping work?
3. What does the routing table look like?
4. Firewalls continue to be an issue here. Zone Alarm even when disabled was shown to interfere (why?) I had to uninstall it from time to time.
5. While firewire is there, Microsoft's interest in it is fleeting. You only need to lose a few firewire connected drive contents to learn more.

Fix? Go get a pair of 1000 megabit ethernet cards and a cable. Cost is 30 bucks or less here so that's one fix.

I offer no fix for this one since I've seen it and Microsoft seems to offer lax implementation.

Bob

As to the picture, I saw an address so to claim no address you'll have to convince me.

Microsoft's lax interest means updates could trample this. All I can share is that we (at the office) don't offer any resolution to this one. We smile, nod, be nice as can be and then continue to offer the ethernet cards until the owner relents. You can flame over this if you wish but something is broken in this area and since MS doesn't seem interested (say the word Vista) in XP what are we to do other than move to what works?

Bob

I wrote about the route table (Hint ROUTE PRINT) and you could try the old IPCONFIG /A but this is only digging into the stack to see if something pops up for a clue.

MS as you can see in Vista is distancing themselves from this feature.

Bob