XP Home & Professional

[Carol]

I have a peer to peer network with 2 PC's running XP Home
edition and 2 running XP professional, one of the
Professional's(only one on a Dell PC) cannot be seen by
the others, I can see it on the hub but when you ping it,
it will intermittently reply 1 out 4 replies or no
replies. I have replaced the network card & cable but to
no avail. I have been told by Dell that I cant run Home &
professional together, does anyone know if this is the
case? or can anyone come up with a solution?
Thanks

 

[Rob Schneider]

Dell is wrong. Pro and Home can work on same network.

I can't explain the intermittent reply, other than to think that some
hardware component (NIC, wires, hub, etc.) has some sort of flaw.

All firewalls removed?

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Andy]

Well stated Rob, Dell is wrong.

All versions of XP will network (peer to peer) with no
problems, assuming you have no hardware / cable problems.

To help the PC's see each other, set-up a share (i.e.
share the C Drive) on each PC. Both should then be
visible in "My Network Places"

Good Luck.

 

[Carol]

Thanks Guys, Rob - no firewall in place also already
tried switching the Hub, card, cable still no joy and
Andy - tried the sharing, doesn't work comes up with
Network Path not found!

 

[Rob Schneider]

Try something simple ... run the Network Setup wizard ...

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Guest]

Tried that already ... no good. Also for your info not
sure if its useful or not but 4 months ago the network
card on the same PC went and had to be replaced and we
only had had the PC for 4 months...

Thanks

 

[Rob Schneider]

All things considered...I do think it a hardware/wiring/hub fault
somewhere.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Carol]

Thanks for your help, now trying (Very trying) to get
Dell out but they still arguing that Home & prof dont
work together!

Will let you know the outcome.

Thanks again.

 

[Rob Schneider]

NIC cards are inexpensive. Borrow or buy one or two new ones, maybe try
a new wire, and surely try a different hub. Without network gear
(sniffers), this only way I know to debug this.

Unlikely that an organisation who things XP and Home don't network will
be able to resolve the problem. Don't hold your breath. Also, be
especially wary of they tell you that the you must reformat and
re-install Windows to fix this.

Good luck.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Carol]

lol I stupidly fell for that one and re-formatted and re-
installed! needless to say it didn't make any
difference... They are now talking about coming out and
changing motherboard!