WinXP Pro & W2K: no windows networking
BHall
find a solution.
I have two machines that are on a LAN using a Linksys 4-port router-switch,
W2K Pro, and WinXP Pro. The router has DHCP enabled to assign two local IP
addresses to the machines on the LAN. I use the Linksys Router to share the
AT&T Broadband connection here at home. The two machines can ping each
other successfully, indicating that there is a successful connection between
the two.
The W2K machine has IP address: 192.168.1.100
The WinXP machine has IP address: 192.168.1.101
However, I cannot establish a connection via a simple, peer-to-peer Windows
network. I have the "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks"
service enabled on both computers. Both machines have the same workgroup
name. I tried installing the NetBUEI protocol on both machines, enabling
NETBIOS over TCP/IP and none of these resulted in any connection. I have
shared resources on both machines (shared folders and printers), however,
when I go to "My Network Places", the only thing that shows up is the local
machine, and not the other computers. And when I try to connect with
\\machineName\sharedResource in the command prompt, it can't even find the
other machine.
Is there anything I'm missing here in my setup? I've followed the Windows
documentation for 2K and for XP, but with no success. Below are all the
network settings for both machines. Thanks in advance!
-Brian, NOSPAM...@email.com (please respond cc: e-mail and post the reply
so that others can benefit)
An "ipconfig /all" on the W2K machine yields:
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Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : c1809198-c <----(I don't think
this matters b/c the router holds this info now)
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : attbi.com
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : attbi.com
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : attbi.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI For
Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX) #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-03-C3-D9-5C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 204.127.202.4
216.148.227.68
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, April 29, 2002 11:42:25
AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:42:25
AM
An "ipconfig /all" on the WinXP Pro machine yields:
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Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : hallspc
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : attbi.com
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : attbi.com
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : attbi.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-E3-23-5A-3B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 204.127.202.4
216.148.227.68
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, April 29, 2002 11:51:22
AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:51:22
AM
Jim
other machine?
Jim