File and Printer Sharing

[Don P.]

I have Windows XP connected by a simple cross-over CAT5 cable to a computer
with Windows ME. I am extremely frustrated, in that the detailed Microsoft
instructions constantly divert me to connecting the other (ME) computer to
the Internet. To heck with the Internet, I want to share my files and
printer with the ME computer, and eventually to make the ME computer the host
and reverse the sharing.

I can ping the ME computer from the XP and get a good response. Invoking My
Network Places doesn't show the ME computer from the XP computer and
vice-versa.

Where the heck are the instructions / Wizard that lets me GO FORWARD to
share files and printer? HELP!

 

[Don P.]

P.S.---

If I ping the XP computer's TCP/IP from either the XP or ME computer, it
times out.

If I ping the ME computer from either the XP or ME computer, I get good
response.

Is there something wrong with my hardware?

 

[Lem]

P.S.---

If I ping the XP computer's TCP/IP from either the XP or ME computer, it
times out.

If I ping the ME computer from either the XP or ME computer, I get good
response.

Is there something wrong with my hardware?

What did you set the IPs for on the respective computers? They need to
be in the same subnet. For example, 192.168.1.1 on one and 192.168.1.2
on the other, with subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 on both.

Also make sure that all firewalls on each computer are off, at least
while you're setting things up. Some antivirus apps, notoriously
Norton, include an "Internet Worm Protection" feature that is, in fact,
a firewall.

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Lem -- MS-MVP

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