Home Networking sharing problem

[Thomas Mangum]

I have a DSL connection that connects into a Linksys DSL
router and two laptops connected off the router.

Internet connectivity is no problem, but I have worked for
hours and hours trying to troubleshoot why we can't share
files between each other.

Neither machine is able to ping each other. A self-ping
works fine. Both machines are set to acquire IP addresses
automatically.

One is XP Pro and the other is 2000 Pro. On the XP
system, I can see the 2K machine on the network, but get
an error stating the machine is "not accessible" when I
click the icon in the workgroup. BTW, the workgroup is
named HOME and is the same on each machine.

I have searched the Microsoft KB for hours and poured over
docs and am stuck! Thanks for your input.

BTW, I used to have no problem sharing when both machines
were 2K Pro, but when I upgraded one to XP, the file
sharing stopped but the internet sharing was still ok.

 

[robert]

www.pctechnicians.ca
Guides
workgroup setup guide
&
troubleshooting guides
good luck

 

[Marcel]

Hello,
The way I solved this problem was by installing the
netbeui protocol on the XP machine.
Here are the links that show how:


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/itpro/networki
ng/netbeui.asp


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q3
06/0/59.asp&NoWebContent=1