XP Home - 2000 Network Problem

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Two machines ... Machine A running Win 2000 ... Machine B running XP Home
.... trying to setup a home network so Machine B can use printer on Machine
A. DSL modem connected to Linksys router ... cable from Linksys to 10//100
port in Machine A ... Machine B has wireless adapter for access to network.
Both machines able to connect to internet (mail, IE, etc.). Have run
Network Setup Wizard and both machines are in same workgroup [MYNETWORK].
On Machine A when I double click My Network Places I see an icon for Machine
B [although it is interesting that the name there is "Joan" while the name I
gave to that machine is "JOAN"] ... when double clicking Joan in My Network
Places I get "//Joan is not accessible. The network path was not found". I
am able to ping Machine A from Machine B but I cannot ping Machine B from
Machine A. I have turned off the Windows XP firewall in Machine B ... no
help. Can someone suggest what might be causing this ... and how to fix it?

Thanks.

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

what do you receive if using net view \\remoteip? if it is system 53, this is name resolution issue; if it is 5, this is permission issue. this page may help, http://www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm

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Two machines ... Machine A running Win 2000 ... Machine B running XP Home
... trying to setup a home network so Machine B can use printer on Machine
A. DSL modem connected to Linksys router ... cable from Linksys to 10//100
port in Machine A ... Machine B has wireless adapter for access to network.
Both machines able to connect to internet (mail, IE, etc.). Have run
Network Setup Wizard and both machines are in same workgroup [MYNETWORK].
On Machine A when I double click My Network Places I see an icon for Machine
B [although it is interesting that the name there is "Joan" while the name I
gave to that machine is "JOAN"] ... when double clicking Joan in My Network
Places I get "//Joan is not accessible. The network path was not found". I
am able to ping Machine A from Machine B but I cannot ping Machine B from
Machine A. I have turned off the Windows XP firewall in Machine B ... no
help. Can someone suggest what might be causing this ... and how to fix it?

Thanks.