Need help in sharing folders, been struggling for a week......

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Madison Lapierre

but I've been learning.

Computer 1 Running XP Home
ip 192.168.0.100

Computer 2 Running XP Pro
ip 192.168.0.101

Both computers can ping each other

Both computers have default gateway at 192.169.0.1

Both computers have subnet mask a 255.255.255.0

Both computers connected to D-Link 604 router

Both computers connected to workgroup -- named WORKGROUP (default)

Both computers have folders set up to share

Both computers has NOTHING in My Network Places

Both computers have Address Type - assigned by DHCP

Both computers have Services - Server running

Both computers have TCP-IP running with everything else unchecked

Both computers are connected at 100 Mbps

But......

Computer 1 (Dell 733 - XP Home) has network adapter (Control Panel -
System) D-Link DFE-538TX 10/100 adapter - the local area connection
icon is displayed in the task tray

Computer 2 (ASUS MOTHERBOARD P4P800 - XP Pro) has network adapter 3com
Gigabyte LOM (3C940) - the local area connection icon IS NOT displayed
in the task tray

Computer 2 also has a 1394 Network adapter -- which is disabled
(somebody told me to disable it)

And........

Both computers has NOTHING in My Network Places!!!

Can someone help?! I'm dying here! Any ideas? Is this the correct
place for this kind of question? Is there life after death?



Thanks......

Maddy
 
Also the XP Internet Connection Firewall is turned off on but
computers, and no other software firewalls are installed.

And I just realized that I haven't run the Internet Connection Wizard
on the new computer -ASUS mobo and XP Pro

I think I'm having trouble setting up Place to Share in the Wizard.
I'm not sure what is required here. I tried entering "\\server\share"
but it wasn't valid.
 
"Both computers have default gateway at 192.169.0.1" IS
WRONG!!!

Each pc needs it's own ip address. Change them to 192.168.0.1 for first one
and 192.168.0.2 for second so that each have their own ip and it's in the
documented "internal network" ip range :)

Then try pinging the other from each. Any pings you got using the one ip was
probably just the local pc eching the response back and can't be trusted as
an indication your hardware is working properly, e.g. cabling, basic
protocol and routine etc.

I run a 5 pc (four 98SE's and one XP Pro) system in my house and managed to
get my Guest account to connect to a proxy server on one of the 98SE pc's
for basic internet connection for that account after it refused to have
anything to do with the local dialup connection the admin has setup.

I've never tried Window's ICS as I initially found it pretty straight
forward just setting up tcp/ip, installing and configuring proxy server and
browser software etc. years ago under 98SE so that it reliably worked. I've
found getting the pc with XP Pro acting so nicely was a chore at best, seems
to me the wizards get in the way.
 
Everything looks good

Try this

Click on Start - Search - For Computer

Try a Search by IP and/or computer name.
 
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