Problem with Direct Cable Connection

[netsurfer802]

Hi:

I have a Pentium class computer with Windows XP on it that I'm trying
to network with a laptop that has Windows 2000 on it.
I'm trying to network them with direct cable connection with the
laptop as the host and the other computer as the Guest.

I've gotten a connected status on both computer...connected and
authenticated is what it shows on the laptop but I can't see any files
or drives or
any part of it in network neighborhood or any where else. I've done a
search by the laptop's name and nothing came up. As far as I can tell
the laptop doesn't
have a firewall and I have the CD-ROM and c: drive as shared. What
could be causing this problem??? What can I do to make it so that i
can vew part of the laptop?

Thanks in advanced for any suggestions,

smc

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Hi:

I have a Pentium class computer with Windows XP on it that I'm trying
to network with a laptop that has Windows 2000 on it.
I'm trying to network them with direct cable connection with the
laptop as the host and the other computer as the Guest.

I've gotten a connected status on both computer...connected and
authenticated is what it shows on the laptop but I can't see any files
or drives or
any part of it in network neighborhood or any where else. I've done a
search by the laptop's name and nothing came up. As far as I can tell
the laptop doesn't
have a firewall and I have the CD-ROM and c: drive as shared. What
could be causing this problem??? What can I do to make it so that i
can vew part of the laptop?

Thanks in advanced for any suggestions,

smc

What type of cable are you using to connect the computers? Since you
said "Direct Cable Connection", I assume that its a serial or parallel
cable. If so, I don't know what the problem is.

A connection using an Ethernet cable is much easier to set up and has
much faster file transfers than serial or parallel. Connecting two
computers directly to each other using Ethernet may require a
crossover Ethernet cable instead of a regular Ethernet cable.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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