peer to peer networking

[Guest]

I am trying to connect 2 computers together at my office to share files like
QuickBooks.

The computers are connected together with cat 5 crossover going into a
linksys befw11s4 v4 router

They BOTH have Internet (cable modem) but cannot see each other
Computer1 can see computer2
Computer 2 cannot see computer 1

I did try to use the network setup wizard and named the work group Office
and turned on file and print sharing

On computer 1 I click on computer 2 and a message pops up saying

Office is not assessable you might not have permission to use this network
Network path was not found

I have been on this for 3 day and can figure it out

Thanks for any help

 

[Jerry]

You do not use a crossover cable to connect them to a router; the crossover
cable is used only when you connect them directly to each other using the
NIC in each machine.

Remove the crossovers and use two non-crossover cables.

 

[Guest]

I am trying to connect 2 computers together at my office to share files like
QuickBooks.

The computers are connected together with cat 5 crossover going into a
linksys befw11s4 v4 router

They BOTH have Internet (cable modem) but cannot see each other
Computer1 can see computer2
Computer 2 cannot see computer 1

I did try to use the network setup wizard and named the work group Office
and turned on file and print sharing

On computer 1 I click on computer 2 and a message pops up saying

Office is not assessable you might not have permission to use this network
Network path was not found

I have been on this for 3 day and can figure it out

Thanks for any help

use straight-through cables, open a command prompt on each pc and type
ipconfig /all make sure they both have an ip address for their eth
interface, subnet mask and default gateway, they should have the same
default gateway and an ip address where only the last octect has a diff
number ie: pc #1 192.168.1.4 pc #2 192.168.1.5 from each pc type "ping
192.168.1.4" replace with the actual ip address of the other computer.
Also ensure that there is no firewalling done on the router because it
sounds as if one pc is attached to a lan interface on the router and
the other is connected to a DMZ.

Flamer.