Running two PC's from one network outlet

Hi all,

I have an office that has a wall mounted network outlet which I can
plug in one cat5 cable.

I am trying to hook it up so that I can run two PC's on the same
network from the same socket.

I hooked up a 5-port hub with a crossover cable going from the wall
outlet into the hub (UpLink socket) and then two patch cables from
each PC into the hub (ports 1 and 2).

I could login to both PC's onto the network but when I tried to access
the mapped drive that holds all of the files on the server (in my
instance N: \\dms-file01\data) I get the following error message:

An error occured while reconnecting N: to \\dms-file01\data.
Microsoft Windows Network:
The local device name is already in use. This connection has not been
restored.

Does anybody have any idea what I have done wrong and more importantly
how I can rectify it?

FYI. it is two XP workstations and a Server 2003 server.

Cheers
Glenn

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:11:52 -0800 (PST), gloriousglenn@hotmail.com
wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I have an office that has a wall mounted network outlet which I can
>plug in one cat5 cable.
>
>I am trying to hook it up so that I can run two PC's on the same
>network from the same socket.
>
>I hooked up a 5-port hub with a crossover cable going from the wall
>outlet into the hub (UpLink socket) and then two patch cables from
>each PC into the hub (ports 1 and 2).
>
>I could login to both PC's onto the network but when I tried to access
>the mapped drive that holds all of the files on the server (in my
>instance N: \\dms-file01\data) I get the following error message:
>
>An error occured while reconnecting N: to \\dms-file01\data.
>Microsoft Windows Network:
>The local device name is already in use. This connection has not been
>restored.
>
>Does anybody have any idea what I have done wrong and more importantly
>how I can rectify it?
>
>FYI. it is two XP workstations and a Server 2003 server.
>
>Cheers
>Glenn

That message means that drive letter N: is already in use. Type these
commands to release the letter and then use it to create a persistent
mapping:

net use n: /d
net use n: \\dms-file01\data /persistent:yes
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Why would you use a crossover cable? Because that's all you have?
I have heard that "modern" equipment can sense all this sort of thing, and
configure itself for crossover...or perhaps to make RIGHT the wrong use of a
crossover cable. But I would say use a straight cable from the UPLINK of
your hub, to any downlink port on the device that precedes it...presumably a
typical consumer-grade router.


> I hooked up a 5-port hub with a crossover cable going from the wall
> outlet into the hub (UpLink socket) and then two patch cables from
> each PC into the hub (ports 1 and 2).
> Glenn

Hi
If you use the Uplink the cable from the wall to the hub should be straight.
http://www.ezlan.net/faq.html#crossover
Jack (MVP-Networking).

<gloriousglenn@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:a07f8e49-1915-419e-880b-865a0b1a830e@d4g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I have an office that has a wall mounted network outlet which I can
> plug in one cat5 cable.
>
> I am trying to hook it up so that I can run two PC's on the same
> network from the same socket.
>
> I hooked up a 5-port hub with a crossover cable going from the wall
> outlet into the hub (UpLink socket) and then two patch cables from
> each PC into the hub (ports 1 and 2).
>
> I could login to both PC's onto the network but when I tried to access
> the mapped drive that holds all of the files on the server (in my
> instance N: \\dms-file01\data) I get the following error message:
>
> An error occured while reconnecting N: to \\dms-file01\data.
> Microsoft Windows Network:
> The local device name is already in use. This connection has not been
> restored.
>
> Does anybody have any idea what I have done wrong and more importantly
> how I can rectify it?
>
> FYI. it is two XP workstations and a Server 2003 server.
>
> Cheers
> Glenn