Does every computer...

[Canyarion]

It depends on your setup. Our 2 computers each have their own IP adres, they are seperately connected to the internet (BTW this makes a network pretty hard, advice anyone??).
If you have 1 or more computers that are connected to the PC that's connected to the internet, you only have 1 IP-adres.

I think.

[Hero2]

on cable or dsl you have a set ip
on dial up your ip should change alot like everytime you log on
about the network you shouldent have an ip address set for the connection if its dial up and you dont need an ip for the network just make a disk
( if xp) and use that to set up the net work i think other window can create the disk to but im not sure
and good lucknetworkin xp and me ive been tring or a year and a half now and i can get xp to read me but cant get me to read xp

[Yoda9864]

Originally Posted by Hero2

on cable or dsl you have a set ip
on dial up your ip should change alot like everytime you log on
about the network you shouldent have an ip address set for the connection if its dial up and you dont need an ip for the network just make a disk
( if xp) and use that to set up the net work i think other window can create the disk to but im not sure
and good lucknetworkin xp and me ive been tring or a year and a half now and i can get xp to read me but cant get me to read xp

Actually, networking xp is extremelyt easy. I've dont it several times without a hitch. What you are experiencing sounds like a file system problem. Win Me/NT/Xp (i think those are the right ones) run (usually) NTFS, while older systems will run FAT32 or even FAT16 file systems. NTFS can read FAT32, but FAT32 can't read NTFS. That would explain why your xp system can't be read by others, but it can read them.

But anyway, Gekko knows what he's talking about. Very nice explaination.

[Happydude]

acually...it doesnt matter if your in a network or not,but each computer has it's own IP address...i learned about this a year ago...can't remember anything about it...

or you cold try looking on HowStuffWorks.com

[PuPPeT]

Originally Posted by Canyarion

It depends on your setup. Our 2 computers each have their own IP adres, they are seperately connected to the internet (BTW this makes a network pretty hard, advice anyone??).
If you have 1 or more computers that are connected to the PC that's connected to the internet, you only have 1 IP-adres.

I think.

You should not really have any problems networking your computers together! And you made it even easer for you self by having fixed IP’s (the best way to net work with out DHCP). When running a small network from home your subnet mask is far more important then your IP address as this is what will add or take away network sections in the network.

Of course to help you out more we would need to know how you have setup your home net?