Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Tue Mar 18 09:16:42 CDT 2014
I have One Windows 8.1 64 PC, One Windows 7 64 PC, two Windows Vista PC's, Three Windows XP PC's, An HP Photosmart 8450 printer, One IPAD, One Nook Tablet, One Yamaha RX-A2020 receiver and a Panasonic Blue Ray player all working and visible to each other on my network. One of the Vista systems and two of the Xp systems are Laptops and all the laptops and the tablets connect wirelessly but everything else is wired gigabit speed connection. On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>wrote: > Gustav. > > Thanks for the prompt reply, although I'm not sure what it implies. Here's > the current setup: 2 machines, one laptop running Windows 8.1, which > connects just fine. Machine #2 is an AMD-64 running Windows 7. > > Does the fact that the laptop connects to the net just fine imply that DCHP > server is in fact running on the router? > > How can I check the DHCP settings on the Windows 7 box? > > And while I'm at it, has anyone successfully set up a home network that > uses both Windows 8 and Windows 7 machines? > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > > > Hi Arthur > > > > That's the default configuration of Windows 7, so it might be that the > > DHCP server is not running on the router, which is the typical setup for > a > > scenario like yours. > > > > /gustav > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com