XP HOME NETWORK PROBLEM

[Guest]

I have XP Home Desktop and Laptop with Cat5 cable. Workgroup is MSHOME but
whilst Desktop can ping laptop on 192.168.0.3 , the Laptop cannot ping
192.168.0.4 in reply. Laptop has both machines in Workgroup but Desktop PC
shows only itself.

Sharing for route drive 'C' is set for Desktop (recently revamped and
reloaded) with various old permissions still set on Laptop. Both are SP2.

Any ideas ?

 

[Guest]

Bob,

A couple of things to check....
Are you going through a hub/switch or are you using a Cat5 crossover cable?

Is the desktop actually recieving packets?
- check this by right-clicking on the Network Connection on the desktop
and selecting Status. Then run the PING from Notebook and check for traffic.


Rich McKinney

 

[MGGP]

Ping won't work with Windows Firewall turned on in default
mode. Look on the system that won't reply and see if
Firewall is turned on - if so either turn it off or allow
ICMP echo requests for ping to work. Could also be a 3rd-
party firewall problem.

Also be sure to setup a user account on system A that is
the same as the user account you'll be using from system B
& vice versa - both must have legitimate passwords, the
same on A and B.

I assume you're using a router, be sure DHCP is on.

Good Luck !

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Ping won't work with Windows Firewall turned on in default
mode. Look on the system that won't reply and see if
Firewall is turned on - if so either turn it off or allow
ICMP echo requests for ping to work. Could also be a 3rd-
party firewall problem.

If there's a 3rd-party firewall program installed, turn off the
Windows Firewall. If Windows Firewall is the only firewall, leave it
turned on and allow exceptions.

Also be sure to setup a user account on system A that is
the same as the user account you'll be using from system B
& vice versa - both must have legitimate passwords, the
same on A and B.

This isn't necessary. User accounts have no effect on pinging, and
Windows XP Home Edition allows all users to access its shared disks
and folders.

I assume you're using a router, be sure DHCP is on.

Good Luck !

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