XP Home Networking

R

Rob

I have two systems running on XP Home wired through a
router and everything works except I can't connect to
computer2 from computer1. Computer1 acts as the DHCP
server and internet DSL gateway and is fully accessible
from computer2 (file & printer sharing enabled on both
sytems). If I go to network neighborhood from computer1 I
see computer2 but if I click on it I get a "path not
found" error and can't access the hard drive on
computer2. I have gone through the whole network
troubleshooter and turned up nothing wrong. Any
suggestions??
 
C

Chuck

I have two systems running on XP Home wired through a
router and everything works except I can't connect to
computer2 from computer1. Computer1 acts as the DHCP
server and internet DSL gateway and is fully accessible
from computer2 (file & printer sharing enabled on both
sytems). If I go to network neighborhood from computer1 I
see computer2 but if I click on it I get a "path not
found" error and can't access the hard drive on
computer2. I have gone through the whole network
troubleshooter and turned up nothing wrong. Any
suggestions??
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Rob,

Any software firewalls (ICF or third party) on either computer? Ever?

From each computer:
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 192.168.2.1 (router).
Report success / failure of each of 12 pings.

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in
Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

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

Rob

-----Original Message-----


Rob,

Any software firewalls (ICF or third party) on either computer? Ever?

From each computer:
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 192.168.2.1 (router).
Report success / failure of each of 12 pings.

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in
Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
.
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Thanks for the help Chuck. Here are the results:
System #1 - All pings except for the router (timed out)
were good. It is a D-Link DSS8+ 8 port switch.

System #2 - All pings gave the following error message
(except for localhost 127.0.0.1): "PING: transmit failed,
error code 65."

The following is a c & p of the ipconfig /all logs:

System #1 - Can see system #2 in network neighborhood but
can't access.



Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : jean

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Network:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DL10050-
based Ethernet Adapter (Generic)

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-05-5D-07-BA-
42

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :



Ethernet adapter ADSL1:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
bc.hsia.telus.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek
RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-FC-5D-28-
B9

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 206.116.72.37

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 206.116.72.254

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 209.53.4.129

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 209.53.4.130

209.53.4.150

207.102.99.66

207.102.99.82

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, April
12, 2004 2:54:41 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, April
16, 2004 2:54:41 PM


===========================================================
===================

System #2 - Can see and access system #1


Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : INDIA

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek
RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-BA-B2-30-
35

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.58

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : April 14, 2004
10:36:19 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : April 21, 2004
10:36:19 AM

Hope this sheds some light on the problem.
Rob
 

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