Daily Quiz: Troubleshooting 101

[Nitestick]

bump. anybody to write the next question?

 

[IBMan]

Timmy is setting up a home network, all his hardware is setup right, hes plugged into the switch, his cable says it's connected in windows, he can access "workgroup" but he doesn't see any of the computers there (assuming the other computers are powered on and can see all but timmy's computer)

question: what does timmy need to check before his network will work.

 

[Nitestick]

his IP settings. firewall perhaps? i'm not that good with networking

edit: ensure they are in the same workgroup if they are not showing in the workgroup

 

[IBMan]

good pt...didnt think about adding that info, sry guys...uh...it wasnt the answer im lookin for so i'll wait and see if anyone else can get it.

 

[Nitestick]

sorry about posting again but not sure if you noticed i edited ^^^ is it check they are all in fact in the same workgroup?

 

[Sprooty]

All the computers will need to be on the same workgroup, with printer and file sharing enabled.

if he dost not have a router he will also need to manually set the ip addresses.

 

[Nitestick]

yeah sprooty that answer sounds a bit more convincing than mine. out of curiosity which state in australia are you from? obviously i'm from WA

 

[Sprooty]

Wollongong, NSW.. my aunti lives in perth

 

[IBMan]

yea, the answer i was lookin for is in the same workgroup name...

 

[Sprooty]

Timmy Notices his CPU fan is making excessive noise, and his CPU temps are fine. What can timmy do to reduce the fan speed?

EDIT: i changed that question.. bit to hard for thoses people who dont even know what a router is. sorry nitestick ... answer was turn off DHCP Server