HI Chuck,
Looks like i messed up a bit. Not sure if I sent a file which I saved when
the connection was not working.
The ipconfig file Baseline1 is as below. The media to the notebook is the
IR port.
Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . :
baseline1 Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . .
. . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : YesEthernet adapter Local Area
Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description .
. . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-4C-BE-3D-31 Dhcp Enabled. .
. . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
193.168.0.1 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection
3: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-21-01-B1-C6PPP
adapter RAS Server (Dial In) Interface: Connection-specific DNS
Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Internal RAS Server
interface for dial in clients Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.142.176 Subnet Mask . . .
. . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
PPP adapter Touchteldsl: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface Physical
Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . .
. . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 61.246.96.244
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255 Default Gateway .
. . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :
203.145.184.13 202.56.250.5
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
The ipconfig file of Notebook RameshHP is as follows:
Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . :
RAMESH-HP Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . .
. . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : NoPPP adapter baseline1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . .
. : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
00-53-45-00-00-00 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP
Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.119.222 Subnet Mask . . . .
. . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
169.254.119.222
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Regards
Ramesh
Ramesh,
So assuming that you do have physical connectivity between baseline1 and
RAMESH-HP (can you ping each other successfully), did you check the browser
situation as I described in my previous post?
IPConfigs show no problem. Node Type = Unknown for both comps. Both comps on
169.254.0.0/16 subnet, which will give connectivity.
If the browser situation is good (and perversely enough, a browser conflict
could cause your described symptoms), check your firewalls and authentication on
both comps.
On both computers, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel - Folder
Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro, you
need to have SFS consistently set on each computer.
On XP Pro with SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policies (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".
On XP Pro with SFS disabled, if you set the above Local Security Policy to
"Guest only", enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net
user guest /active:yes" in the command window. If "Classic", setup and use a
common non-Guest account on all computers. Whichever account is used, give it
an identical, non-blank password on all computers.
On XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the Guest account is
enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest, with Start - Run - "cmd", then type
"net user guest /active:yes" in the command window. Ensure that the password
for Guest is blank, with Start - Run - "control userpasswords2"; select Guest,
click Reset Password, click OK without entering a new password.
On XP Pro, if you're going to use Guest authentication, check your Local
Security Policy (Control Panel - Administrative Tools) - User Rights Assignment,
on the XP Pro computer, and look at "Deny access to this computer from the
network". Make sure Guest is not in the list. Look at "Access this computer
from the network", and make sure that Everyone is in this list.
Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing. Firewall configurations are a
very common cause of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.
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Cheers,
Chuck
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