Connecting Win XP Pro to Win 2000 Pro Desktops

[Chris Montgomery]

Howdy,

I am having a heckuva time getting two home computers networked. My new
computer is running Win XP Pro and I am trying to connect to one
running Win2000 Pro, both desktops.

I did successfully manage to connect the two earlier this week, but now
I can't do it again. I need to transfer some more files from the Win2k
machine to the new Win XP machine. I have manually assigned the host
computer an IP address of 192.168.1.101 and the other computer
192.168.1.102 (both with subnet addresses of 255.255.255.0). If I ping
each machine's own internal IP address, it works, but I cannot
successfully ping the IP address of either networked machine.

This is my first attempt at networking two home computers and it's
about to get the best of me. I can't understand how I had it working
one day and then when I booted both computers the next day they
couldn't establish a successful network connection.

Any pointers on how to troubleshoot the connection would be most
appreciated. Thanks much.

Happy Holidays!

 

[Chris Montgomery]

I am having a heckuva time getting two home computers networked. ...

I forgot to mention that the connection is using a crossover cable
between two ethernet NIC cards.

 

[brandon]

-----Original Message-----

(e-mail address removed) says...
networked. ...

I forgot to mention that the connection is using a crossover cable
between two ethernet NIC cards.

There is a kb article about this. Don't have the number
off the top of my head. I'll see if I can find it.

 

[Chris Montgomery]

There is a kb article about this. Don't have the number
off the top of my head. I'll see if I can find it.

Thanks! I'll go see if I can find it, too.