I have broadband on my xp machine and i wish to share it with my windows 2000
machine but first i am trying to get them to connect to each other. I have
enabled file and printer sharing and have connected them via a crossover
cable but it isn't working. I have now placed both machines on subnet mask
255.255.0.0 and the xp machine has ip address 200.0.0.1 and the win2k machine
is 200.0.0.2 which stopped xp from telling my that there was limited
functionality on the network but i still cannot share files.
They are both on HOME workgroup and the 2000 machine can only see itself.
The XP machine can see itself and the 200 machine although it cannot access
it saying "\\xxx 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"
The XP firewall is turned off. Please help this is driving me crazy!!!!!!!
Those IP addresses will work OK to establish local area network
connectivity, but they're not OK for giving Internet access to the
Windows 2000 machine.
How are you going to share the broadband connection between the
computers?
If you have a broadband router, connect both computers to it, and
configure their LAN connections to obtain an IP address automatically.
If you're going to use Internet Connection Sharing on the XP machine,
re-configure the LAN connections on both computers to obtain an IP
address automatically before enabling ICS.
These tips should help you get file and printer sharing to work:
1. If the computers run the original or SP1 versions of Windows XP,
disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on local area
network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem connection
to the Internet. If they run SP2, enable the exception for file and
printer sharing in the Windows Firewall. Disable and un-install all
other firewall programs while troubleshooting. When un-installing a
firewall program, use the un-install procedure provided by the
manufacturer . Don't use Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs,
which might not completely un-install it.
2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:
Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm
3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on both computers.
Details here:
Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm
4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network, for NetBIOS name resolution.
If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:
HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters
and delete these values if they're present:
NodeType
DhcpNodeType
Reboot, then try network access again.
If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".
For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160177
TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
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