file sharing between windows 2000 professional and windows xp

[darmin.memisevic]

Hello,

I am trying to connect a windows 2000 professional laptop to a windows
xp laptop and share folders. They are both connected on my home
router. They are able to ping each other using private addresses they
are assigned. However when i try to access files either direction I
get an error that the network path is not found. With my windows xp
laptop I am able to access my third computer (desktop with windows xp)
without any problems and share files fine. Its just that I can't get a
connection to my laptop.

I have shared folders on both laptops.

Any suggestions what is going on or what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks for your help

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hello,

I am trying to connect a windows 2000 professional laptop to a windows
xp laptop and share folders. They are both connected on my home
router. They are able to ping each other using private addresses they
are assigned. However when i try to access files either direction I
get an error that the network path is not found. With my windows xp
laptop I am able to access my third computer (desktop with windows xp)
without any problems and share files fine. Its just that I can't get a
connection to my laptop.

I have shared folders on both laptops.

Any suggestions what is going on or what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks for your help

- Can the machines ping each other by name rather than by address?
- Are they in the same workgroup?
- What is the output of this command when run from a Command Prompt:
ipconfig /all

 

[darmin.memisevic]

No the machines couldn't ping each other by names(XP laptop to 2000
laptop), however my xp laptop could ping my desktop with a name without
any problems. Here is the ipconfig for both the laptops.




Windows XP IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : darmin
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : WorkGroup

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast
Ethernet Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-36-35-39-B9

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WorkGroup
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11g Network
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : xxxxxxxxxxxx
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.31
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, November 25, 2006
12:19:38
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, November 25, 2006
2:19:38
PM




Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : haris
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : WorkGroup

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WorkGroup
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 100
+ M
56 (Ethernet Interface)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : xxxxxxxxxxx
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.28
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, November 25, 2006
12:19:38
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, November 25, 2006
2:19:38
PM

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

There is nothing wrong with your IP address settings. I suspect
that you have a firewall blocking your requests. turn them off
during testing. If you have ZoneAlarm, uninstall it. You could
also try commands such as this one for testing purposes:

net use Q: \\192.168.2.31\SomeShareName

 

[darmin.memisevic]

doesn't work

oh well

thanks for your help though

 

[John]

Be sure you have the user setup on each computer. If the user is Joe he
needs an account on both computers.