XP to XP network

[Baffled]

I am trying to share files between 2 XP machines, one is
Pro. The XP Home machine can ping Pro successfully but
not see it in Network Places. The Pro machine cannot ping
Home machine but can ping itself. I have both firewalls
turned off, Computer browser is running on both, I have
shared files on both, SFS is enabled on both, they are
connected by NICs with a crossover cable. Each has
Internet access through dial-up. XP home has SP1 and XP
Pro has SP2. I have tried static IP addresses on both
within the same range and subnet mask and have tried IPs
assigned by APIPA. Both use same user account name
(without a password). Both in same workgroup. TCP/IP
NetBIOS helper service is running on both. Are dynamic
IPs ok for this? If I use static, what should be the
default gateway, the other machine or itself? Should I
set up ICS to fix this problem? I am using a brand new
crossover cable and NICs. Is there a way around this with
a registry modification? By the way, the XP Pro machine
was just upgraded from 98 SE. I thank you for your time.

 

[Chuck]

I am trying to share files between 2 XP machines, one is
Pro. The XP Home machine can ping Pro successfully but
not see it in Network Places. The Pro machine cannot ping
Home machine but can ping itself. I have both firewalls
turned off, Computer browser is running on both, I have
shared files on both, SFS is enabled on both, they are
connected by NICs with a crossover cable. Each has
Internet access through dial-up. XP home has SP1 and XP
Pro has SP2. I have tried static IP addresses on both
within the same range and subnet mask and have tried IPs
assigned by APIPA. Both use same user account name
(without a password). Both in same workgroup. TCP/IP
NetBIOS helper service is running on both. Are dynamic
IPs ok for this? If I use static, what should be the
default gateway, the other machine or itself? Should I
set up ICS to fix this problem? I am using a brand new
crossover cable and NICs. Is there a way around this with
a registry modification? By the way, the XP Pro machine
was just upgraded from 98 SE. I thank you for your time.

Dynamic or static ip addresses should both work, though as you noted, you'll get
APIPA addresses with dynamic. If both computers are using dialup, internet
access will be thru a PPP connection, not thru the Ethernet connections, so no
need to define a gateway.

Can you ping the XP Home computer from itself? When you say "cannot ping", are
you pinging by name or address?
From each computer, test connectivity and name resolution:
1) Ping itself by name.
2) Ping itself by ip address.
3) Ping the other by name.
4) Ping the other by ip address.
5) Ping 127.0.0.1.
Report success / exact error displayed in each test (10 tests total).

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - 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.

 

[Baffled]

Thank you for your quick reply. I will have access to
those machines when I get back home on Monday and I will
report the results.

 

[Baffled]

Fixed it! It was the fact that the Dell came with Norton
Internet Security installed which was blocking file
sharing.

 

[Chuck]

Fixed it! It was the fact that the Dell came with Norton
Internet Security installed which was blocking file
sharing.

Another firewall issue. %-) Thanks for the update.

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