Win xp pro home network

[Guest]

I have a problem with 2 computers running xp Pro. Computer A can see computer
B on the network in the proper workgroup. Computer B can see Computer A in
the proper workgroup. Both computers when you try to access the other
computers shared folders it gives the access is denied message. But computer
B is accessing the internet and everything through computer A.

The microsoft windows firewall has been disabled for the connection to my
network on both computers. Both IP addresses are static and have netbeui and
Microsoft IPX installed. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I have a problem with 2 computers running xp Pro. Computer A can see computer
B on the network in the proper workgroup. Computer B can see Computer A in
the proper workgroup. Both computers when you try to access the other
computers shared folders it gives the access is denied message. But computer
B is accessing the internet and everything through computer A.

The microsoft windows firewall has been disabled for the connection to my
network on both computers. Both IP addresses are static and have netbeui and
Microsoft IPX installed. Any help would be appreciated.

Eskimo,

the most obvious problem is running three different transport
protocols at once. If you have no overriding reason to use them,
remove both IPX and NetBEUI.

If you need IPX, for example to run older network games, remove
all bindings from it, so Windows networking doesn't try to use
it. The games will still be able to use it.

For more details, please have a look at
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

Hans-Georg

 

[Guest]

Thank you

Sorry I'm kind of a networking newbie. I do it all the
time but I know very little about protocols and what they
are actually doing.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

Thank you

Sorry I'm kind of a networking newbie. I do it all the
time but I know very little about protocols and what they
are actually doing.

No problem. The only point is that these days one needs only one
of the three transport protocols, and that is TCP/IP.

Unless there is any overriding reason, you don't need IPX
(NWLink) and you don't need NetBEUI either.

Hans-Georg