A network with 2 PC's

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I have been reading about networking issue. I tried to connect 2 PC with
Windows XP using an UTP cable. I put both PC's in the same workgroup. I
checked to copy files beetwen them. It worked OK. However, when I try to
"ping" beetwen them the message "Request timed out" appear. (The command net
view worked OK).

Could sameone explain to me what is hapenning? Please.

(Sorry about my English)
 
I have been reading about networking issue. I tried to connect 2 PC with
Windows XP using an UTP cable. I put both PC's in the same workgroup. I
checked to copy files beetwen them. It worked OK. However, when I try to
"ping" beetwen them the message "Request timed out" appear. (The command net
view worked OK).

Could sameone explain to me what is hapenning? Please.

(Sorry about my English)
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It's possible that a firewall program on each computer is blocking the
ping requests but allowing file sharing.
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