Re: XP to XP
From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 12/21/04
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Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 04:59:38 -0700
In article <388B034B-7674-43F9-B6F1-A8E91EC529E6@microsoft.com>,
"Michael Vestel" <MichaelVestel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I'm trying to network simply by typing in the ip address of my machine, which
>is locally thourhg a router and thus the IP is somehting like:
>\\192.168.2.100
>
>I can go from the desktop to the laptop, but not from laptop to desktop
>I've shared folders on both
>There is a difference in the way the shared dialoge box looks and I think it
>might have something to do with this.
>
>The Sharing tab on Properties on the DESKTOP has this appearance:
>You can share this folder with other users on your network. To enable
>sharing...
>
>Do not shar this folder
>Share this folder
>Share name
>Comment
>etc.
>
>The Sharing tab on Properties on the LAPTOP has this appearance:
>LOCAL SHARING AND SECURITY
>to share this folder drag to shared documents folder
>
>NETWORK SHARING AND SECURITY
>To share this folder with both network users and other users of this
>computer, select the box...
>
><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<QUESTION>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>HOW DO GET THE LAPTOP TO SEE THE DESKTOP ip ADDRESS AND WHY ARE THERE
>DIFFERENT SHARING DIALOGE BOXES?
If I understand the problem, you can't access the desktop's shared
disks and folders from the laptop by using the desktop's IP address.
The problem could be that a firewall (XP's built-in firewall, Norton,
McAfee, ZoneAlarm, eTrust, PC-cillin, etc) on the desktop is blocking
access from the laptop. Open a command prompt window (Start | Run |
Cmd) on the laptop, ping the desktop, and see if the desktop replies:
ping 192.168.2.100
A firewall would block the reply:
The problem is not related to the different Sharing tab dialogues on
the two computers.
Windows XP has two different sharing models, depending on whether
"simple file sharing" is enabled or disabled. In XP Home Edition,
simple file sharing is always enabled. In XP Professional, simple
file sharing is enabled by default, but you can disable it.
The laptop has simple file sharing enabled. The desktop has simple
file sharing disabled.
That setting doesn't determine whether a computer and its shared disks
or folders are visible to another computer on the network. It
determines how XP decides whether to grant access to a disk or folder
that's visible to another computer.
If none of the above solves the problem, please reply to this message
in the news group (not by E-mail) with more information:
1. What exactly happens when you type "\\192.168.2.100" on the laptop?
If there's an error message, what is the complete text?
2. What happens if you try to ping the desktop from the laptop using
the desktop's computer name:
ping computer
3. What happens if you try to access the desktop's shared disks and
folders from the laptop using the desktop's computer name:
\\computer
-- 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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