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Remote PC Problem
Hi
I have previously extended the control of my astro PC located outdoors near my mount/scope to indoors via a RJ45 crossover cable. I am using
Windows XP Professional.
I have recently changed the astro PC and I am having difficulty getting
the ethernet connection working. Here is the situation:
1. Ethernet port working normally as indicated in Device Manager;
2. ipconfig indicates: IP Adress 169.254.51.212
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway: nil
I can internally ping this number successfully.
3. Local Area Connection Status shows No Connectivity (the RJ45 cable
is plugged in at both ends and both PCs are active.) It says that the problem "occurred because the network did not assign a network address to the computer".
Attempt to Repair (to get a new IP address) reports: "Attempt to Repair
but Windows could not do this."
Is the IP address different from the Network Address?
Any suggestions?
Cheers Peter
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