You need to look at your subnet mask. If it's the typical 255.255.255.0 and
the first 2 octets of your 2 systems' IPs are not the same, they will go to
the gateway and then maybe back in, then maybe out on the cable network to
somewhere then reflected back in.
You need to have the correct subnet mask, and they need to match on each
machine. The subnet mask tells the computers what's part of "your" IP block
and what's not. Fill in with 255's for the parts that are the same. 24.x.x.x
(If I remember correctly) is a Class-A subnet mask where you should have a
mask of 255.0.0.0. Your problem will be that you will not be able to reach
any other 24.x.x.x address outside your network.
The 24.x.x.x network is a public one. Were these IPs given to you by your
cable internet provider? If not, use non-routable ones.
Non-routable IPs consist of:
10.x.x.x for Class-A networks (16 million hosts), typical netmask 255.0.0.0
172.x.x.x for Class-B networks (65 thousand hosts), typical netmask
255.255.0.0
192.168.x.x for Class-C networks (255 hosts, the most common), typical netmask
255.255.255.0
and there are others for Class-D and Class-E, but they are not used by most
people in your application.
If these 24.x.x.x IPs were given to you by your cable provider, use the subnet
mask they gave you. If they weren't, I suggest you use a 192.168.x.x series.
Since these will not be a routable IP to the outside world, you won't conflict
with anything out there. Make sure to leave your gateway of your cable modem
intact so you can reach the outside world. If you use a non-routable IP, you
will also need to make sure your cable router/modem does Network Address
Translation.
Geoffrey Milburn wrote:
> heres the setup
>
> p2 450 downstairs, win98
> celeron 533 upstairs, rh 6.2
>
> both have a seperate ip, but are running off a single cable modem
> attached to a hub. ie both have 24.*.*.* ips. the only problem is that i
> get terrible speeds from computer to computer... for a direct connection
> into a hub, i really shouldnt be getting 60kb/s off a potentially 10mbit
> link. the only thing i can think of is that the packets are going out to
> the gateway, and then getting sent back to the hub... so is there a way
> i can set up routing so that the connection between the two computers
> improves? cause its frustrating to have this, when they're mere feet
> apart...
>
> thanks,
> geoff
>
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