Re: Home Networking with XP Prof.

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On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:20:02 -0700, "Hari" <Hari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Using the XP wizard, i have set up home networking between my desktop and my
>laptop. Both have Windows XP Prof. SP2. I have tried both a cross-over LAN
>cable and a switch to connect the two. I am unable to see the laptop on the
>desktop and vice versa. On both machines, I have the win firewall OFF for the
>respective LAN adapter. File and printer sharing is ON. I use the desktop to
>connect to the internet through a second LAN card. The IP addresses given are
>192.168... on the desktop and 169.254.... on the laptop.
>
>On both computers I am able to ping the local IP address but not the other
>one. Lan connection is reported as "connected" on both machines and the green
>light on the card is ON. The other light does not blink. On the laptop under
>network places, my workgroup is shown but on clicking it I get the message "
>.... is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network
>resource. Contact the administrator... to find if you have access. I have not
>set up any passwords on either machine.
>Can someone please help? Thanks.

Hari,

The "...not accessible...not have permission..." error message can have several
causes. You have one major problem - the two computers have incompatible IP
addresses.

When you ran the wizard on the desktop, did you select Option #1? And for the
laptop, did you select #2? Please post complete "ipconfig /all" from both
computers, to start.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html>
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>

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