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threekrus View Member Profile	Sep 15 2005, 04:26 PM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 15-September 05 Member No.: 34,212	We just bought new computers (at work) with XP Pro. Previously we had Win 2000 Pro on Gateways and I knew exactly how to map the drives so that we could share files. We're a small office with just two computers on a peer to peer network. We have DSL internet. My computer uses a external modem and router. Other computer is connected to mine via LAN. I can't for the life of me set up this network. I've been through the wizards to set up a new network connection a million times and still can't see the other computer. My workgroup shows up but not the computer. It's almost like XP tried to make networking more user friendly but instead made it harder (for me anyway). Maybe it's so easy, it's hard - - KWIM? I may not have given you the info you might need to help me -- - so just ask if you need more info. TIA!

Snapper View Member Profile	Sep 15 2005, 08:34 PM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 28-May 05 From: Newfoundland Member No.: 21,615	herez a quickie!, start>control panel>windows firewall----turn it off for now to see if it is the culprit, if it is, you can make an exception in exceptions, or leave it off. if you dont see "windows firewall" in control panel, switch to classic view, top leftish corner. try this c what happens, let me know -------------------- Google...Google.....browse..read

threekrus View Member Profile	Sep 16 2005, 10:27 AM Post #3
New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 15-September 05 Member No.: 34,212	Thanks for your response. I checked this on both computers and the Windows Firewall is not active on either one. I do have a firewall within my router. Is that the problem? This post has been edited by threekrus: Sep 16 2005, 10:28 AM

andyho View Member Profile	Sep 16 2005, 10:30 AM Post #4
Member Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 3-August 05 From: Nebraska Member No.: 29,747	How about your LAN properties? DHCP or static I.P? If static is subnet mask the same? Can you ping the other p.c by i.p address or computer name? Is DNS service started? Andy

andyho View Member Profile	Sep 16 2005, 10:31 AM Post #5
Member Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 3-August 05 From: Nebraska Member No.: 29,747	Probably not.

andyho View Member Profile	Sep 16 2005, 10:37 AM Post #6
Member Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 3-August 05 From: Nebraska Member No.: 29,747	Have you ran the Network Setup Wizard on both computers? Start>control panel>system>computer name tab>network i.d.

threekrus View Member Profile	Sep 16 2005, 01:22 PM Post #7
New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 15-September 05 Member No.: 34,212	QUOTE(andyho @ Sep 16 2005, 10:30 AM) How about your LAN properties? DHCP or static I.P? If static is subnet mask the same? Can you ping the other p.c by i.p address or computer name? Is DNS service started? Andy is this English? Some of this sounds familiar but I'm not quite sure how to answer your questions. Can you walk me through this? TIA

andyho View Member Profile	Sep 16 2005, 04:31 PM Post #8
Member Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 3-August 05 From: Nebraska Member No.: 29,747	To check if you are using DHCP or a static i.p:start>control panel>network connections>right click your local area network>select Internet Protocol TCP/IP>select properties>if you have "obtain an I.p address automatically" selected then you are using DHCP, if not you have assigned your computer a static i.p address. If you assigned a static i.p to both computers then they must be in the same range i.e 192.168.0.0 thru 192.168.0.200.The subnet mask must also be the same (255.255.255.0), as well as your dns settings, which would be provided by your internet service provider. To ping another computer:start>run>type cmd in the space provided>this will take you to a DOS prompt. On the command line type "ping i.p address of the other computer". Be sure to have a space between ping and the i.p address and exclude the quotes. To ping the computer name copy the steps above but insert the other computers name in place of the i.p address. For example:ping computer name. Hope these instructions aren't too confusing. Andy

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