Okay, I am connecting two xp home computers with a crossover cable. Machine 1 has IP 192.168.0.1 and Machine 2 has IP 192.168.0.2. The machines ping each other successfully, both have run through Network wizard, both have no firewall running, and neither are bridged. Machine 2 sees Mshome group and sees Machine 1 and Machine 2, but when clicking on Machine 1, which I have designated My Documents to share, I get the message that the it is not accessible and the "network path was not found." Machine 1 doesn't even see Mshome. I have networked this way before without a problem. I can't figure out what's going on now.
Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on both computers.
Details here:
Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm
If that doesn't solve the problem, run "ipconfig /all" on both
computers and look at the "Node Type" at the beginning of the output.
If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should actually be "Point-to-Point")
that's the problem. It means that the computer only uses a WINS
server, which isn't available on a peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS
name resolution.
If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:
HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters
and delete these values if they're present:
NodeType
DhcpNodeType
Reboot, then try network access again.
If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".
For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160177
TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053
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