My friend and I want to set up connections between our machines, but when I try to set mine up to receive connections, it only offers my dial up modem and a direct cable connection. I can't figure out why it doesn't offer my network card and the internet, which is what I need to use. I don't see anyway to add a device to the list, so I'm looking for suggestions.

I think you're using a wizard now? Maybe you could try to set it manually. Everythig a wizard can do you can and probably do better, sometimes easier.

*remembers
-having a network wizard that wouldn't make a network if I said I had internet but works fine if I say I don't have internet.
-A wizard for a network card that didn't work. Manually setting it wasn't that hard and it helped great in troubleshooting if it didn't work.

edit: from a search on google it seems you need to have a client and drivers installed. Maybe you haven't got those?

[ 06-16-2004, 12:23 PM: Message edited by: philip ]

Ditto what he said. Just set it manually and note the way you set it, so you know what connects to what.

It seems you're getting confused. How are you connecting to your friend? If it's via an Ethernet network card, you're already on a private network so you don't need to set up a VPN. Otherwise it IS via the internet in which case put the modem as the device you are using.

You're right; I am confused. I'm not connecting to my friend's machine yet, but that is the goal.

I DO want to use the internet, but the NIC card isn't an option in the list of devices availible to accept an incoming connection. I see the dial up modem and the direct cable connection, but that is it. :(

*sigh* [img]smile.gif[/img] That's what I'm saying: if you're using the Internet to tunnel packets over to make a VPN then you DO want to select the dial-up modem as the device to accept incoming connections.

Trust me, it works, I've played "LAN" games of Red Alert by connecting to my mate over the Internet and creating a VPN.

Why do you want to use the NIC? This is an Ethernet card and is used for connecting to users on a local network (i.e. already a PN!) with the Ethernet protocol.

Sorry let me, make it clear: the NIC shouldn't be in the list since it is used for connecting to local networks which are already private networks, therefore if you're connecting via the NIC, you don't need to set up a VIRTUAL PN since you have a real one. VPNs are only for use when you're tunnelling packets over Internet Protocol and you're using your dial-up modem to access the internet right?

Or are you accessing the web over your local network? In this case I'd understand why you're expecting to see the NIC in the list.

[ 06-17-2004, 10:31 AM: Message edited by: Vaskez ]

I do access my internet through my LAN, by way of a router.

Oh ok so Internet connection comes into your router and that connects to your NIC? You'll have to excuse me, I've studied networking protocols etc. a lot in theory but don't actually have anything other than an ADSL modem at home to play with, heh.

Yes, I have a cable modem that runs into my router, and the router provides my computers with internet access and and a LAN.

I can't figure out why the NIC isn't showing up in that device list, especially since the cable to cable deal shows up when I don't have a direct cable connection. :eek:

hmm, I did mine and my husbands last night with no problem, and I use a ethernet and routher, not sure why you don't get the same info I did :/