Re: Why Comp A sees Comp B but not vice-versa?

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From: Robert Paris (rpjava_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:49:45 -0400

What do you mean is file sharing enabled? If you mean, is a folder on a disk
(logical) set to be shared, the answer is yes. Is there another place to set
that info?

I can ping both ways.

Also, it's not a firewall issue as I turned off the firewall and still had
the same problem.

Any ideas?

"Guillermo" <gmozavala@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ueYJSPbdEHA.1656@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Is file sharing enabled on both computers (particularly in the computer
that
> cannot be seen) ?
> Can you ping both ways?
>
>
> "Robert Paris" <rpjava@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uK8QGHbdEHA.2504@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I have two computers (A has Win2k Server and is 192.168.0.1, B has Win2k
> pro
> > and is 192.168.0.2). Both are on the same private network. When on
> computer
> > A I type: start->run->"\\192.168.0.2" it pops up a login, and I can get
to
> > the file shares. However, from computer B, if I type:
> > start->run->"\\192.168.0.1" it says it cannot find it.
> >
> > Does anyone know what I might be doing incorrectly? Do you know what
port
> is
> > used for those requests?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
>
>

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