Set-up a network with 2 dynamic ip's

LestatLestat
edited March 2005 in Science & Tech
I got a cable modem which gives me 2 Dynamic IP's. Through a switch I connect those to my 2 home computers. So they both are connected directly to the internet. My problem is that I'm having difficulty setting up a shared network between those 2 pc's...
I tried setting up a workgroup (both pc's use winXP), and I use ZoneAlarm as a firewall. But the computers seem unable to see each other. I tried to add both ip's to the firewall on the trusted zone, but that didn't seem to help. Also this would be difficult to update the firewall everytime because the ip's are dynamic. Even shutting down the firewall didn't do much.
Any advise on how to set this up properly?

Thanks
Lars

Comments

  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited March 2005
    Strip off having to dynamic IP's have the cable modem go to the router and your router split to the 2 pc's otherwise they aren't actually on the same network.
  • LestatLestat
    edited March 2005
    kryyst wrote:
    Strip off having to dynamic IP's have the cable modem go to the router and your router split to the 2 pc's otherwise they aren't actually on the same network.

    Oké, that would be an option, but that way I don't have a direct connection to my computers which is needed for remote control, webservices etc. So I would leave this as a last resort.

    I've also been thinking about directly connecting the two computers with a crossover cable in adition to the direct internet connections. Would this solve my problems? And how do I do this? I assume I need two more network adapters, but how about the configuration.... (Using WinXP)
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