Sharing Problem...xp & 2000 With A Router.

[PCBoy]

OK PEOPLE. THIS IS WHAT I HAVE...


1 2000 COMPUTER

1 XP COMPUTER

1 ROUTER

1 CABLE MODEM


OK THE MODEM ETHERNET CABLE IS PLUGGED INTO THE ROUTER, THE 2000 COMPUTER IS PLUGED INTO THE ROUTER AND THE XP COMPUTER IS PLUGED INTO THE ROUTER. BOTH XP AND 2000 PC'S HAVE FILES SHARING. THEY CAN BOTH USE THE INTERNET BUT NO SEE EACH OTHER ON THE NETWORK. THEY ARE BOTH ON "WORKGROUP" FOR THE WORKGROUP NAME AND ONLY THE 2000 PC CAN PING ITSELF BUT CANT PING THE XP, BUT XP CANT EVEN PING ITSELF AND CANT PING THE 2000 PC. THEY BOTH HAVE FILE AND PRINT SHARING ON AND CLIENT FOR MICROSOFT NETWORKS ON. THEY BOTH ALSO HAVE TCP/IP PROTOCOL ON BUT ARE LEFT DYNAMIC. ON THE XP PC, ONCE I CLICK MY NETWORKS THEN GO TO VIEW WORKGROUP COMPUTERS, IT DOSNT SEE ANYTHING AND COMES UP WITH A ERROR THAT SAYS NOT ACCESSIBLE. ON THE 2000 PC, IF I CLICK MY NETWORKS, IT CAN SEE BOTH PC'S BUT CAN ONLY ACCESS ITS OWN NOT THE XP PC. WHEN I CLICK T HE XP PC, IT SAYS NO ACCESSIBLE...



WHAT CAN BE THE PROBLEM ???



PCBOY

 

[Law]

I think this issue was solve before, on windows xp go into my computer click on tools/folder options than the view tab. Scroll down to the very end and uncheck "Use Simple File Sharing"

 

[PCBoy]

thanks law. but how bout the ping problem. the Xp computer cant ping itself... ???

 

[Law]

Check in control panel, windows firewall than go to the advance tab click on ICMP setting and check allow incoming echo request.

 

[PCBoy]

may the problem be that the xp computer hasnt got SP2 installed ????