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I'm trying to share disk drives and printers between two pc's with a
crossover cable and workgroup. I cannot see/access the shared items. I've
been able to clear up some issues using earlier posts, but it still does not
work.
I have the following setup:
- 2 pcs with XP Pro, recent ASUS mobo and onboard LAN
- I have a single ISP dial up account. Each pc has a separate phone line
and internal modem.
- I've run the network setup wizard numerous times. The most useful setup
I've found for my config is to specify a workgroup with no ISP connection.
- I'm using a kvm switch to share dual monitors/keyboard/mouse/speakers
between the pcs.
- PC1 169.254.xxx.yyy
- PC2 169.254.mmm.nnn
- PC1 and PC2 have a firewall for their ISP connection, none for the LAN.
I've done the following so far:
- read somewhere a crossover cable supports 10 mbps, not 100 mbps. I reset
PC1 from 100 to 10 mbps.
- selected NetBIOS over TCP/IP
- ipconfig /all shows "unknown" which i believe is correct
- set the "share" setting on the desired disks, setting is confirmed in
Windows Explorer icon
- ping PC1 <-> PC2 works in both directions
When I try to access the shared items on PC1 I can see/access PC1 items, I
see the PC2 entry but when I try to expand it I receive error:
"PC2 is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network
resource. contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have
access permissions. The network path was not found."
When I try to access the shared items on PC2 I cannot see the PC2 or PC1
shared items, when I try to expand the workgroup I receive error:
"Workgroup is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you have access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not
currently available."
Please provide any suggestions.
thanks.
crossover cable and workgroup. I cannot see/access the shared items. I've
been able to clear up some issues using earlier posts, but it still does not
work.
I have the following setup:
- 2 pcs with XP Pro, recent ASUS mobo and onboard LAN
- I have a single ISP dial up account. Each pc has a separate phone line
and internal modem.
- I've run the network setup wizard numerous times. The most useful setup
I've found for my config is to specify a workgroup with no ISP connection.
- I'm using a kvm switch to share dual monitors/keyboard/mouse/speakers
between the pcs.
- PC1 169.254.xxx.yyy
- PC2 169.254.mmm.nnn
- PC1 and PC2 have a firewall for their ISP connection, none for the LAN.
I've done the following so far:
- read somewhere a crossover cable supports 10 mbps, not 100 mbps. I reset
PC1 from 100 to 10 mbps.
- selected NetBIOS over TCP/IP
- ipconfig /all shows "unknown" which i believe is correct
- set the "share" setting on the desired disks, setting is confirmed in
Windows Explorer icon
- ping PC1 <-> PC2 works in both directions
When I try to access the shared items on PC1 I can see/access PC1 items, I
see the PC2 entry but when I try to expand it I receive error:
"PC2 is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network
resource. contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have
access permissions. The network path was not found."
When I try to access the shared items on PC2 I cannot see the PC2 or PC1
shared items, when I try to expand the workgroup I receive error:
"Workgroup is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you have access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not
currently available."
Please provide any suggestions.
thanks.