XP Home - Connecting 2 computers on a LAN

[Guest]

OK, I'm a reasonably newbie to networking, but on connecting my laptop via
crossover cable to my desktop, I seem to have trouble viewing each computer
in the workgroup. - I have SP2 on both machines. - Desktop name :MAIN, Laptop
name :JAC
Network connections say the 2 are connected, but I cannot communicate
between the 2.
I have tried :
resetting the IP address manually - No go
Turning off Firewalls - no go
pinging - all OK except "Ping JAC (from MAIN) or ping MAIN (from JAC)
Checked via Device Manager if all hardwear is OK - ALL OK

I am getting to my wits end - Any ideas ??

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

what do you mean "pinging - all OK except "Ping JAC (from MAIN) or ping MAIN
(from JAC)". posting the result of ipconfig /all here may help.


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[Malke]

OK, I'm a reasonably newbie to networking, but on connecting my laptop
via crossover cable to my desktop, I seem to have trouble viewing each
computer in the workgroup. - I have SP2 on both machines. - Desktop
name :MAIN, Laptop name :JAC
Network connections say the 2 are connected, but I cannot communicate
between the 2.
I have tried :
resetting the IP address manually - No go
Turning off Firewalls - no go
pinging - all OK except "Ping JAC (from MAIN) or ping MAIN (from JAC)
Checked via Device Manager if all hardwear is OK - ALL OK

I am getting to my wits end - Any ideas ??

Run through this network troubleshooter by MVP Hans-Georg Michna. It
will pinpoint the problem areas. Then post back with results of the
troubleshooter if you are still having problems.

Malke

 

[Malke]

OK, I'm a reasonably newbie to networking, but on connecting my laptop
via crossover cable to my desktop, I seem to have trouble viewing each
computer in the workgroup. - I have SP2 on both machines. - Desktop
name :MAIN, Laptop name :JAC
Network connections say the 2 are connected, but I cannot communicate
between the 2.
I have tried :
resetting the IP address manually - No go
Turning off Firewalls - no go
pinging - all OK except "Ping JAC (from MAIN) or ping MAIN (from JAC)
Checked via Device Manager if all hardwear is OK - ALL OK

I am getting to my wits end - Any ideas ??

Oops, sorry. I hit Enter before giving you the link:

http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm

Malke

 

[Chuck]

OK, I'm a reasonably newbie to networking, but on connecting my laptop via
crossover cable to my desktop, I seem to have trouble viewing each computer
in the workgroup. - I have SP2 on both machines. - Desktop name :MAIN, Laptop
name :JAC
Network connections say the 2 are connected, but I cannot communicate
between the 2.
I have tried :
resetting the IP address manually - No go
Turning off Firewalls - no go
pinging - all OK except "Ping JAC (from MAIN) or ping MAIN (from JAC)
Checked via Device Manager if all hardwear is OK - ALL OK

I am getting to my wits end - Any ideas ??

Mark,

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer, to start.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is
NOT checked!, copy and paste entire contents into your next post.

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[Carey Holzman]

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Carey

 

[Guest]

Hey guys, thatnks for the ideas - unfortunately I can't spend time on it
tonight, but will try again tomorrow. Will let you know the results then.

Cheers