NETWORK PROBLEMS

[Guest]

I HAVE RUN THE NETWORK SETUP WIZARD ON BOTH MY COMPUTERS, CONNECTED BY CARDS AND CROSSOVER CABLE, I AM ABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET ON BOTH PC'S AND CAN SEE THE OTHER PC ON THE HOST COMPUTER. HOWEVER WHEN TRYING TO LOOK AT THE PC THE ERROR MESSAGE "OTHER PC NOT ACCESSIBLE,NO PERMISSION TO USE NETWORK CONTACT SERVER ADMIN TO SEE IF ACCESS PERMISSION GRANTED, NETWORK PATH NOT FOUND KEEPS APPEARING. I HAVE DONE THE WIZARD SEVERAL TIMES TO TRY AND RECTIFY. THE CLIENT COMPUTER WILL NOT EVEN SHOW THE NETWORK, BOTH NAMED MSHOME. PC'S BOTH HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES, AND PING TESTS ALL OK. BAFFLED, ANYBODY KNOW THE ANSWER?

 

[Bob Cerelli]

You many need to create the same user accounts and passwords on both
computers. Also, the default setting for XP Pro is to require a password for
Network access.

 

[Guest]

NOTE FOR ANYONE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS, IF YOU HAVE A ZONE ALARM FIREWALL INSTALLED UNLESS YOU DISABLE THE FIREWALL AND MANUALLY ENTER THE IP ADDRESSES YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH HOST/CLIENT COMPUTERS. I,VE NOW DONE THIS AND ALL IS WORKING WELL.