Peer to Peer Problem
From: MGGP (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/31/04
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Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 21:17:19 -0700
Is the firewall turned on ?
>-----Original Message-----
>Computer 1 ("Jim") is XP Home. Computer 2 is XP Pro. They
are in a
>peer-to-peer network behind a router. Both machines can
get to the
>Internet fine. Computer 1 is set to static. Computer 2
receives an IP
>address from the router via DHCP. Both are in the same
workgroup.
>Neither machine shows up in the other machine's My
Network Places. The
>printer on Computer 1 is shared as "printer". If I type
Start | Run |
>\\jim\printer from Computer 2, the printer cannot be
found. If I go to
>\\192.168.2.128\printer (the IP address for Computer 1),
the printer IS
>found and can be printed to.
>
>The problem is acting like DNS. I think it is related to
Computer 1
>being static. If that's correct, then I omitted
something. DNS is set to
>the ISP's DNS (the same ones that were handed out by the
ISP). The
>default gateway is set to router's IP address. What have
I overlooked?
>.
>
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