Firewall.

[Tom]

Hello,

what I have to allow in MS firewall on computer with WinXp Sp2 to use this
from "Run..." : \\computer\c$
and I can connect with RemoteDesktop when I used ip adress but when I used
computer name it dosnt work.
I guess its same problem.

tom

 

[Vagabond Software]

Hello,

what I have to allow in MS firewall on computer with WinXp Sp2 to use this
from "Run..." : \\computer\c$
and I can connect with RemoteDesktop when I used ip adress but when I used
computer name it dosnt work.
I guess its same problem.

tom

Actually, they may be the same problem and not related to the Firewall. However, you may have to exclude file and print sharing in the Firewall if that is your goal.

Your problem is probably DNS. Open the 'hosts' file found in the following folder:
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc

Add an entry for each computer on your network in the same format as the 'localhost' entry. For example:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.123.80 pc-carl
192.168.123.81 laptop-carl

Or you could simply enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP on both machines, which is not recommended, but is also probably not a big risk if you are behind a router and aren't running any servers.

carl