XP-2K Home Network

[Conor]

Hey, Im wondering if anyone has successfully set up a home
network between a W2K machine and an XP machine? If so,
how? I ran the wizard in XP which created a "home" network
for me and added my laptop. However I have not been able
to add the W2K desktop to the network. I can access the
shared folders of the XP machine from both computers but
the 2K machine isnt appearing. Any ideas?
The XP wizard created a floppy disk for me to use on the
2K machine but this didnt work as apparently its only for
98,ME and XP, and there is a different route to take for
setting up Windows 2000. What must I do?

 

[Jack]

Hi
May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Chuck]

Hey, Im wondering if anyone has successfully set up a home
network between a W2K machine and an XP machine? If so,
how? I ran the wizard in XP which created a "home" network
for me and added my laptop. However I have not been able
to add the W2K desktop to the network. I can access the
shared folders of the XP machine from both computers but
the 2K machine isnt appearing. Any ideas?
The XP wizard created a floppy disk for me to use on the
2K machine but this didnt work as apparently its only for
98,ME and XP, and there is a different route to take for
setting up Windows 2000. What must I do?

Conor,

I have two WinXP computers, and one Win2K computer. All 3 networked, and
sharing files and printer with no problem.

Start with some basic diagnostics.

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.

From each computer, test connectivity:
1) Ping the other by name.
2) Ping the other by ip address.
3) Ping itself by name.
4) Ping itself by ip address.
5) Ping 127.0.0.1.
6) Ping the router.
Report success / exact error displayed in each test (12 tests total).

From each computer, test shares visibility (use actual name / address of each
computer as appropriate):
Start - Run then:
1) \\ThisComputerByName
2) \\ThisComputerByIPAddress
3) \\OtherComputerByName
4) \\OtherComputerByIPAddress
Report visibility of shares / exact error displayed in each test (8 tests
total).

Once we see the results of these tests, we should know what problems to look
for.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.