Re: 2-user XP workgroup won't work
From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 02/02/04
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Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 17:58:12 -0700
In article <837701c3e8f5$c31e99e0$a401280a@phx.gbl>, "Pete S"
<peter_r_stevens@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I'm seeking help, please, with a home networking problem?
>
>I've set up Windows XP workgroups before with no problem,
>using the 'Set up a home or small office network' wizard,
>with no real problems.
>
>Getting my home desktop and laptop to communicate,
>however, has been unsuccessful. I'm connecting them with a
>Cat 5 X-over cable. I can get things to work by using the
>wizard, except that it doesn't work next time I connect or
>restart.
>
>I've been through the knowledge base, and found an
>apparent IP address problem. I therefore set the gateway
>(desktop) to 192.168.01, leaving the Default gateway and
>Preferred DNS server entries blank. The laptop's IP
>address is 192.168.0.2, with 192.168.01 as both the
>Default gateway address and the Preferred DNS server. This
>worked until a reset of both machines. In case it's
>relevant, I use a dial-up connection to a pay-as-you-go
>ISP via an internal modem.
>
>I can ping the ICS gateway from the laptop, but not vice-
>versa; the gateway can't even ping itself. I've reset the
>gateway's TCP/IP stack (article 299357, as recommended in
>308007) but to no avail. Despite this, the laptop connects
>to the Internet via the ICS gateway machine absolutely
>fine - although it can't print to the gateway's printer.
>
>Any help or pointers you can offer would be much
>appreciated.
>
>Pete Stevens
When a computer can't ping itself, the problem could be an improperly
configured or incompletely un-installed firewall program. Un-install
any firewall program. If you've previously un-installed one,
re-install it and un-install it. In either case, then go to Start |
Run | Msconfig | Startup and disable any remnants of the firewall,
such as ZoneAlarm's True Vector service.
To protect your network while the firewall is un-installed. enable
XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on the dail-up Internet
connection.
-- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
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